A chemical manufacturing company needed a more efficient and controlled way to ensure compliance with an automated Time of Use/Dispatch Power rate schedule from their utility. Plant personnel however, had no way of knowing power usage and were unequipped to shed load when directed by the utility system. A PowerLogic system with circuit monitors was installed and programmed to automatically identify which areas of the manufacturing process needed to cut back usage when called on. Based on programmed setpoints the circuit monitor for each area signaled operators to trim power usage. The PowerLogic system provided a simple solution for avoiding expensive demand charges.

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Like many universities, the University of Mississippi is always interested in maintaining its quality of education without increasing costs. The University wanted to increase funds available for educational programs without raising fees, so when it learned of a load curtailment initiative introduced by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that would allow it to reduce its electricity costs, it was eager to participate.

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McCormick, South Carolina, near the Georgia border, is the seat of McCormick County. The town’s Commission of Public Works operates a number of infrastructure systems, including a town-owned wastewater treatment facility and a distribution system for electrical energy that it purchases in bulk from South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G).

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