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Load Management Status Report
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Residential Accounts
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Commercial, Industrial
& Agricultural
Accounts
Frequently Asked Questions
What is load management?
What are the
benefits of load management?
How is load management
accomplished?
How much does it cost me
to participate in the load management program?
What do the lights in the load management receiver indicate?
When will operation of my equipment be interrupted?
Will I run out of hot water?
How
long and often will my electric heat be interrupted?
How
long and often will my air conditioner be interrupted?
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What is load management?
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It is an
energy conservation technique.
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It keeps
the amount of electricity consumed in balance with the amount
generated.
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It is
activated by Dairyland Power Cooperative, our wholesale power
supplier, using a radio-signal
based system.
What are the benefits
of load management?
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It saves the
Dairyland system electricity - 70 megawatts (MW) in the summer, 160
megawatts in the winter.
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It helps delay
the need to build new power plants.
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It helps avoid
the purchase of more expensive power on the open market to meet
electricity demands.
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It reduces
wholesale power costs, saving PPCS and members money.
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Load management program participants may receive a lower electric
rate and/or earn rebates/incentives.
How is load management
accomplished?
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It is
implemented when the demand for energy exceeds the amount being
generated within the Dairyland system.
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A signal
is sent to a radio receiver connected to load managed equipment.
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Equipment
- electric water heaters, electric heating systems, central cooling
systems, etc. are switched off.
How much does it cost me to
participate in the load management program?
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What do the lights in the load management receiver indicate?
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A
green light should always be on from 5:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m.
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A
green light indicates the load receiver is receiving messages from
the transmitter.
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If
the green light is not on from 5:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m., something
is not working correctly. Contact PPCS for assistance.
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Amber
or red lights indicate that loads such as water heating, storage
heating or dual-fuel are being interrupted.
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heating and water heating are interrupted daily on weekdays, so these
lights will be on daily in many load receivers.
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With some
load receivers, the lights may be on but you may not have that type of
load connected. This means there is no load control for you.
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Following an interruption in power, all lights in the load receiver
will be on while it goes through a 7 to 10 minute shutdown mode.
After this phase, your system should again operate normally.
Note:
Various models of load receivers have been installed. This makes it
difficult to describe what each light on your load receiver means
without knowing your specific model. Contact PPCS for details about what
loads are interrupted by your load receiver and which light(s) indicates
what equipment is being interrupted.
When will
operation of my equipment be interrupted?
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Will I run out of hot water?
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No,
you should not run out of hot water.
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If
you do, contact PPCS. We can help diagnose if the problem is related
to the water heater or load management.
How
long and often will be electric heat be interrupted?
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Electric
heat is interrupted during peak demand periods.
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The
demand for electricity on the system is directly related to the cold
temperatures.
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The
longer extreme cold temperatures last, the more your heat will be
interrupted.
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Electric
resistance heat (baseboard or heat pumps) with no storage or fossil
fuel backup heat may be interrupted up to four hours during load
management.
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Automatic
backup heating system may be interrupted up to six hours during
load management.
How
long and often will be air conditioner be interrupted?
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Air
conditioning units are cycled on 15 minutes and off 15 minutes
during peak demand periods.
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The
demand for electricity on the system is directly related to the hot
temperatures.
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The
longer extreme heat lasts, the more your air conditioner will be
cycled.
Load Management Status Report
- Residential Accounts
- Commercial, Industrial
& Agricultural
Accounts
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