How long will air conditioners be turned off?
We’ll only cycle air conditioner compressors for about three hours on select weekdays, generally between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Cycling will not occur on weekends or holidays. A typical cycling interval will be 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off, so the total amount on any given day your air conditioner would be cycled off is one and a half hours. In addition, the system fan will continue to operate regardless of whether the compressor is on or off during a cycling event. On rare occasions we may cycle at 20-minute intervals, and Idaho Power reserves the right to cycle air conditioners for longer periods in the unlikely event of a system emergency.
