Energy Management

Number of Installed Switches (Water Heaters) 505
  Information Water Heater Switches
Total number of energy management switches installed on electric hot water heaters. When activated during system peak, these switches turn off the hot water heaters and are individually assumed to achieve a .4 kW reduction during the summer and a .8 kW reduction during the winter.
AC, electric and geothermal heat pump switches 105
  Information Number of Installed Switches (AC/HP/Geo)
Total number of energy management switches installed on air conditioners and electric or geothermal heat pumps. When activated during system peak, the switches cycle down the cooling units. These switches are only activated during the summer and are assumed to achieve a reduction of 1 kW each.
Number of Installed Switches (Custom Application) 20
  Information Other Switches
Total number of energy management switches installed in custom load reduction situations. Some examples of custom situations are switches installed on agricultural irrigation systems that turn the system off when activated during system peak and switches installed on whole house LP generators that switch the house onto the generator when activated during system peak.
Projected Summer Peak kW Demand Savings (Current Year) 335
  Information Projected Summer Peak kW Demand Savings
Projected Summer Peak kW Demand Savings is the anticipated reduction in load, displayed in kW, which Hoosier Energy or the member cooperatives will achieve during energy management sessions in the summer of the present year.
Projected Winter Peak kW Demand Savings (Current Year) 404
  Information Projected Winter Peak kW Demand Savings
Projected Winter Peak kW Demand Savings is the anticipated reduction in load, displayed in kW, which Hoosier Energy or the member cooperatives will achieve during energy management sessions in the winter of the present year.

Date last updated: 8/23/2010