In this post, we will look at load controllers from a different perspective. We will look at them from the point of view of SRP and APS. One of the main problems with SRP and APS have is meeting the electricity requirements during peak demand in the United States of America. When we talk about peak demand in the middle of summer we mean when people come home and blast their air conditioner, start washing dishes, cooking and doing other things with electricity. The load on the grid spikes in usage and reaches capacity.

This can get APS worried that they will have to construct another power plant to meet the demand which costs a lot of money and will sit idle when electricity is not being used a lot. From the perspective of the utility, there is no need to spend money constructing another plant when they can get their users to reduce their energy consumption through solar, energy efficiency and load controllers systems and then charge their customers a lot of money to use power during peak hours. Controllers level out the peak demand from households so that they do not see huge spikes.

This is the reason why APS is changing their rates to change how the customers use electricity, especially during peak time. APS has increased its electricity rates by forty-four percent for on-peak and seventy-two percent for off-peak usage. This new rate change has made all APS customers see an increase in their utility bills even when their electricity usage remains the same.

On the other hand, peak hours for SRP are from 1-8 pm in summer. load controllers are good for both the utility company and can also be good for the consumers as they help them save on their energy usage. Controllers help users determine how much power gets used in a home at one time.