Cut your demand charges — the cost nobody talks about
German industrial electricity tariffs include a Leistungspreis (capacity tariff) based on your peak 15-minute kW demand measured monthly. A single short event sets your capacity charge for 30 days. encosa detects it coming and discharges the battery before it registers.
What peak shaving looks like on your electricity bill
Fictional example based on typical German cold-storage operator demand profile. Actual saving depends on site-specific demand pattern, battery capacity, and grid tariff structure.
The battery starts discharging before the peak registers
Load forecasting runs continuously from your BSI TR-03109 smart meter gateway. The model predicts a 15-minute demand spike up to 2 hours in advance — giving enough lead time to begin discharging before the peak registers on your meter and sets the month’s Leistungspreis reading.
A 15% safety buffer below last month’s peak is built into the target. EPEX SPOT dispatch coordination ensures the battery is not in a charging window when a peak prediction fires — the peak-shaving command always takes priority.