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  1. load sheddingnoun

    The process by which an electric utility cuts power to some customers in response to a shortage of available electricity.

  2. load sheddingnoun

    The postponement of payment of less important bills because of financial problems.

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  1. load shedding

    Demand response is a change in the power consumption of an electric utility customer to better match the demand for power with the supply. Until the 21st century decrease in the cost of pumped storage and batteries electric energy could not be easily stored, so utilities have traditionally matched demand and supply by throttling the production rate of their power plants, taking generating units on or off line, or importing power from other utilities. There are limits to what can be achieved on the supply side, because some generating units can take a long time to come up to full power, some units may be very expensive to operate, and demand can at times be greater than the capacity of all the available power plants put together. Demand response seeks to adjust the demand for power instead of adjusting the supply. Utilities may signal demand requests to their customers in a variety of ways, including simple off-peak metering, in which power is cheaper at certain times of the day, and smart metering, in which explicit requests or changes in price can be communicated to customers. The customer may adjust power demand by postponing some tasks that require large amounts of electric power, or may decide to pay a higher price for their electricity. Some customers may switch part of their consumption to alternate sources, such as on-site solar panels and batteries. In many respects, demand response can be put simply as a technology-enabled economic rationing system for electric power supply. In demand response, voluntary rationing is accomplished by price incentives—offering lower net unit pricing in exchange for reduced power consumption in peak periods. The direct implication is that users of electric power capacity not reducing usage (load) during peak periods will pay "surge" unit prices, whether directly, or factored into general rates. Involuntary rationing, if employed, would be accomplished via rolling blackouts during peak load periods. Practically speaking, summer heat waves and winter deep freezes might be characterized by planned power outages for consumers and businesses if voluntary rationing via incentives fails to reduce load adequately to match total power supply.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of load shedding in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of load shedding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of load shedding in a Sentence

  1. Chief Executive Brian Molefe:

    It will have operational consequences, we will do our best to minimise the risk of load shedding, striking a balance with Eskom's already depleted balance sheet.

  2. Wendy Alberts:

    Restaurants are one place where people find comfort during load shedding.

  3. Justus Mtolera:

    The government should intervene to avoid unnecessary load shedding that affects economic activities.

  4. President Jacob Zuma:

    I have been assured by the (Eskom) Chief Executive Officer and the entire management that there will never be load-shedding again.


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