Five Minute Fixes: Utility Demand Charges

29/10/2025 12 min Episodio 28
Five Minute Fixes: Utility Demand Charges

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Episode Synopsis

This instructional segment from "5-Minute Fixes" focuses on a crucial but often overlooked utility cost for restaurants: the peak-hour demand charge. The problem arises because utilities charge based not just on the total electricity used, but on the highest 15-minute power spike reached during a billing cycle, which essentially charges for the "biggest bite" taken from the grid.