Reducing Peak Loads

Blackouts can be averted by shifting the loads. Businesses that operate seven days a week can shut down on Mondays and Tuesdays. Other businesses can shift their workday by starting an hour earlier and shutting down at 3 or 4 p.m. Some businesses can go to a four-day week. Lunch hours can be staggered. Leaders need to meet and organize efforts to reduce peak loads.

Gordon Ratliff

Los Altos