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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (19525)	1/11/2008 2:42:33 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

Depending on the temperature on hot days, the maximum load, the number of customers, and the number of hours in which the peaksaver devices are activated, peak load reduction will vary. For example, on August 1, 2006, the units helped shave 15.7 megawatts of peak demand from the provincial grid; and on August 2, they reduced 13.8 megawatts during a period of record-breaking heat. In 2007, peaksaver devices were put into action once, saving 33.5 megawatts. Currently, Toronto Hydro customers enrolled in the peaksaver program have the ability to shed 44 megawatts. Its ok for a private corporation to do this with voluntary customers, something else for the government to do this. The government would need a search warrant to read the thermostat, the constitution does not apply to private business in the same way.