Reduce Your Energy Costs, Add Resiliency Through Peak Shaving & Microgrid Solutions
Telamon is proud to announce a partnership with Cummins Power Generation to offer customers a diverse mix of power generation solutions. Our joint offerings will not only allow customers to minimize energy peaks by reducing costly demand charges, but also improve resiliency by deploying fossil fuel based or green energy assets. Combining the resources and intellectual properties of both companies, customers will now have the ability to create unique and effective solutions to lower costs and to mitigate risk in the future.
How Demand Charges Impact Your Operation
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For large commercial electric users, monthly energy costs consist of two parts: 1) Basic energy charges for the total amount of electricity used and 2) demand charges for the highest level of electricity usage for a billing period. Since the utility’s ability to deliver electricity can be strained when tens of thousands of customers are simultaneously maximizing their use of electricity, electric utilities issue demand charges to help offset the cost of delivering a consistent level of energy to their customers..
With demand charge billing, the customer therefore pays for the highest power load reached, which can account for 30% to 70% of the utility bill. These charges can be a significant part of a commercial operation’s monthly utility bill for those with spiky or seasonal load profiles.
The Cost of Downtime Can Be High
Lost or disrupted power can be detrimental to a business with consequences ranging from suspension of operations, downtime, scrap and equipment damage. In short, disruptions costs companies money every second they are without energy, as well as intangible losses related to one’s reputation or brand.
Energy resiliency is a critical and important plan to not only protect margins and stabilize production, but is also a strategic approach to mitigate risk. By incorporating gensets with green solutions like solar, batteries, fuel cells etc., our solutions allow companies to increase efficiency, which translates into savings, enhanced margins and gaining a competitive edge.
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Finding a Solution that Works for You
Peak shaving is the most effective way to manage utility costs for customers with demand charges. It involves proactively managing overall demand to eliminate short-term demand spikes. This process lowers and smooths out peak loads, which reduces the overall cost of the demand charges. Customers might choose to not just shave peaks but also power critical to full loads to ride through power outages, keeping their operations running.
Telamon has partnered with Cummins Power Generation to offer microgrid solutions to offer resiliency and reduce your demand energy costs. A microgrid is a local energy grid with control capability, which means it can disconnect from the traditional grid and operate autonomously. Our partnership with Cummins Power Generation enables us to analyze your facility to establish whether the addition of solar, energy storage (battery), generators, or a combination of various assets would reduce your demand charge and overall energy bill.
