Solution
Maximum Demand Monitoring
Know before you cross contract demand.
Maximum demand is the highest average load recorded in a billing period over the utility's demand interval, typically 15 or 30 minutes; exceeding contract demand triggers an excess-demand penalty on Indian C&I bills. Maximum demand monitoring tracks that figure live. Titan Class 0.5S meters compute block and sliding-window demand and alert before the contract-demand limit is crossed.
A single 15-minute interval above your contract demand sets the month's recorded maximum demand, and the excess is billed at a penal rate. Titan Class 0.5S meters compute demand the way your DISCOM does, show live headroom to your contract-demand limit, and send a predictive alert before you cross it — so you defer a load in time instead of paying the excess-demand penalty.
What Titan tracks
- →Live demand vs contract/sanctioned demand
- →Block & sliding-window demand (as your DISCOM bills)
- →Predictive alert before you cross the limit
- →Time-stamped maximum-demand log
- →Up to 8 Time-of-Day tariff zones
- →Per-feeder demand — see what makes the peak
The Demand Penalties You're Monitoring For
Demand drives some of the largest — and most avoidable — charges on an industrial electricity bill. Titan is built to keep you the right side of every one.
Exceeding Contract / Sanctioned Demand
Cross your contract demand and most DISCOMs bill the excess at a penal rate set in the State Commission's tariff order — commonly 1.5× to 2× the normal demand rate. A single 15-minute interval above contract demand sets the month's recorded maximum demand, and the excess is charged at that penal rate.
Billing-Demand Ratchet
Many tariffs set billing demand as the highest of your recorded MD or a percentage (often 75–100%) of contract demand — or a ratchet against your peak over the past year. One bad peak can inflate your bills for months.
Time-of-Day (ToD) Peak Demand
Under the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2023, ToD applies to the energy charge for C&I consumers above 10 kW from 1 April 2024, with the peak-window rate at least 1.20× normal. The heavy loads that set your maximum demand often run in those same peak hours — so they show up in two places: peak-rate energy and a higher billed demand.
Missed Load-Factor Incentive
Several tariffs reward a high load factor (steady, well-managed demand) with a rebate. A spiky demand profile not only risks the MD penalty — it forfeits the incentive you could be earning.
What Titan Monitors
Demand computed the way your utility computes it — with the alert that arrives before the interval is recorded, not after.
Live Demand vs Contract Demand
Titan shows current demand against your sanctioned/contract demand line in real time, so you always know how much headroom is left before the penalty band.
Predictive Pre-Cross Alert
As the running demand window climbs toward your limit, Titan alerts you by app or email — in time to defer a load or start a DG — instead of finding out after the interval has already been recorded.
Block & Sliding-Window Demand
Configurable block (fixed 15/30-min) and sliding-window demand calculation to match exactly how your DISCOM computes maximum demand — so what you see is what they bill.
Time-Stamped MD Log
Every demand peak is logged with a timestamp and the load conditions around it — so you can see what caused the spike and stop it recurring.
Time-of-Day Registers
Up to eight ToD/tariff zones tracked on-device, so you can see demand and energy split by peak, off-peak and normal windows and shift load out of the expensive hours.
Per-Feeder Demand Attribution
Meter each feeder and see which loads coincide to create your peak — the key to flattening the profile and lifting load factor.
Monitor and Alert — You Decide What Gets Shed
Titan's job is to see the peak coming and warn you in time. It computes the running demand window continuously and alerts the moment you're on track to cross your contract-demand limit — the window in which an operator can still defer a non-critical load, stagger overlapping loads, or bring on a generator.
For automated response, Titan has a relay output that can drive an external contactor or alarm, and its alerts and Modbus/MQTT outputs can feed the Energy Intelligence Platform or a PLC. Titan doesn't decide what to shed — you choose the load and wire it, so you always control what gets switched and when.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about maximum demand penalties, contract demand, and Time-of-Day tariffs.
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