On counters of shops various multitariff counters of the electric power have appeared. The energy companies actively enter various tariffing on electricity consumption into day and night time. In this regard many citizens have question why at night electricity costs cheaper.
Reasons of low prices of electricity at night
Consumption of electricity is much higher in the afternoon, than at night. To it there is set of reasonable and logical explanations.
First, the majority of productions works in the afternoon. Secondly, overwhelming part of people leads day life. All this affects high electricity consumption in the afternoon.
Because of it most power plants are forced to work at those peak capacities which are required for normal providing the country with electricity. Standard duties of work of stations are those maximum capacities which are required for the objects supplied by them in the afternoon.
In work of any power plants exists as well considerable shortcoming. Transfer of the station on other operating mode – rather long process which cannot be carried out even in several hours.
Electricity consumption falls many times at night, however development remains the same, as well as in the afternoon.
The data set of factors leads to the fact that practically any power plants should work at those peak capacities and at night. It is clear, that at night similar power production is absolutely unprofitable. For the state of solutions of similar problem there are only two. The first of them – creation of special heat-sink stations which reserve the electric power which is excessively developed during the night period for use at the necessary moment. However there is not always opportunity to create similar object. Then the state should stimulate consumption by citizens of electricity at night.
How to use cheap electricity
For these purposes it is possible to stock up with special electric timers which will turn on various electrocapacious devices strictly in certain time. If you use heated floors or heat the house electric heaters, then is more practical and it will be more favorable to use them exactly at night. The washing or dish washer the same way can be started at night.
Installation of special multitariff counters is necessary for separate accounting of the consumed electric power day and night.
But the most important is to install multitariff electric meters which will make the differentiated accounting of electricity in day and night time and to save your money.