A TOU (time of use pricing)-based supply/demand management for the bulk power consumers in the distributed networks

This paper proposes a solution to reduce the energy consumption by bulk power consumers in distributed networks at the times that the network is to experience a sudden peak in consumption graph. This is done using an intelligent system in addition to one variable multi-tariff kWh-meter. Finally the results of applying this method, is estimated using the samples gathered from the energy consumption information of several hospitals.