If everyone shifts their electricity usage, won’t it just create a peak period at another time?
Electricity demand in Ontario is roughly split between 1/3 industrial, 1/3 commercial, and 1/3 residential. Residential and small commercial customers would not be able to shift enough electricity use to create an entirely new peak demand period but rather their shifting will “flatten” the existing peak period and move it to the “shoulder” periods; thus reducing the strain on the electricity system and reducing the negative environmental impacts of generating electricity during peak periods.
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