A higher load factor is the cheapest power you'll never have to buy.
Unlock the power of a higher load factor — the ultimate goal of energy efficiency. Our experts give you the knowledge and tools to optimize when you use energy, cut demand charges and sidestep ERCOT's most expensive intervals. No new equipment. No capital spend.
- 30%+
- Saved on power bills with monitoring & targeting
- 4
- Summer peaks that set your transmission costs
- $0
- Capital investment required
Six levers, one flatter load
When you use power matters almost as much as how much you use. These are the levers we pull.
Load factor optimization
Load factor is your average demand divided by your peak demand. Raise it and every kWh gets cheaper — suppliers price flatter loads better, and demand charges shrink.
Demand charge reduction
A short spike can set the demand charge you pay all month. We find the spikes in your interval data and engineer them out of your operating schedule.
4CP strategy
In ERCOT, four 15-minute summer peaks — the four coincident peaks — drive transmission charges for the following year. We help you see them coming and duck them.
Monitoring & targeting software
Cloud-based, real-time tracking of consumption with custom dashboards and alerts for deviations — proven to save customers over 30% on power bills.
Demand response
Get paid to reduce usage when the grid is stressed. Automated or manual load-shedding, tailored to balance the incentive against your operations.
No capex, no disruption
This is scheduling, visibility and discipline — not new equipment. No solar, no batteries, no capital spend, and zero disruption to output.
From baseline to verified savings
Every step is agreed with your operations team before anything changes on site.
- 1
Baseline
We build your load profile from bills and interval meter data — peaks, schedules, seasonality and how your current contract charges for them.
- 2
Find the peaks
Load-shape analysis pinpoints the equipment, shifts and habits that set your peak demand — and what each one costs you.
- 3
Shift & schedule
A practical plan to stagger start-ups, reschedule energy-intensive processes and flatten the curve — agreed with your operations team first.
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Monitor & verify
Monitoring & targeting dashboards track the new shape in real time, alert on deviations, and report the savings in dollars — not just kWh.
Track it in real time. Save it in real dollars.
Our cloud-based monitoring system targets energy-intensive equipment and optimizes consumption — with real-time dashboards, automated alerts and ongoing support from your UPG advisor. Let UPG help you turn energy from a cost into a competitive advantage.
Load shifting — frequently asked questions
Curious what your load shape is costing you?
Send one recent bill and we'll run your free Energy Health Check — including a look at your demand charges and whether load shifting could move the number.