The current weather forecast confirms a peak electricity day is possible for Wednesday, June 19th and Thursday, June 20th 2024 from 5PM to 8PM.
If you are able to reduce your electricity use during these hours, you can help reduce electricity costs for all CMLP customers. During these hours, you might consider doing any of the following:
- Turn up the thermostat setting for your air conditioning a few degrees
- Postpone use of pool pumps, dryers, washing machines, and other appliances
- Reduce plug load by turning off computers, televisions, etc.
- Cook dinner on the grill or have a picnic supper
- Do not charge an electric vehicle during a peak demand event
- Pre-cool your home and then let it coast without A/C until after the peak demand event
- Use fans instead of or in addition to A/C as fans use much less electricity than air conditioning
- Close blinds on windows facing the sun
- Turn off lights anywhere they are not needed and dim others if they are dimmable
- Use smart power strips to turn off multiple devices with one touch
Taking these steps lowers your electricity for the day, it lowers the total cost for electricity for the entire Town of Concord in the next year, and it lessens the need for often diesel-powered peaker plants that exist to supplement load on high-demand days.
Learn more here: https://concordma.gov/493/Reducing-the-Summer-Peak-Demand