Time-of-Day Tariff Monitoring

A Time-of-Day (also called Time-of-Use, ToU) tariff charges different rates for electricity depending on the hour of the day — a premium during peak-demand windows, the standard rate during normal hours, and a discount during off-peak and solar-generation hours. It's designed to push consumption away from grid peaks. Under India's Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, ToD tariffs are being made standard for large commercial and industrial consumers.

Shift flexible load out of the peak windows into normal, off-peak or solar hours, and keep your demand peaks out of the peak-price window. To do that you first need to see your consumption and demand split by ToD zone — which is exactly what a multi-zone meter provides. Titan tracks up to eight ToD windows on-device, shows the kWh and rupees in each, and alerts when avoidable load is running in a peak window.

They mean the same thing — Time-of-Day (ToD) and Time-of-Use (ToU) both describe a tariff where the unit rate changes by the time of day. Indian utilities generally use the term ToD. The mechanism is identical: peak, normal, off-peak and (increasingly) solar-hour bands, each with its own rate.

Yes. Titan records both energy (kWh) and maximum demand within each ToD zone, so you can see not just how much you consumed in the peak window but how high your demand peaked there — the combination that drives the most expensive charges. Pair it with Maximum Demand Monitoring to keep peaks out of the priciest hours.