A load management strategy for telecom industry in Taiwan

The aim of this research is to study the power cost reduction of the telecom industry and to relief the crisis of electric shortage during summer peak time period, through the load management measures. The sampling customers are installed with digital power meter to gather power consumption data. Then the measured data are compared to summarize the contents of load management measures so that an effective load management strategy can be proposed. Results indicated that the telecom industry is highly willing to participate in the development of load management strategy. As the telecom equipment is adjusted in tune with the beneficial rate of time of use (TOU), industry customer can save a certain amount of electric cost