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A site's power factor is 0.99 and its bill still shows a large demand charge. The measure to pursue is

  • A.replacing the incoming transformer
  • B.switching to a time-of-day tariff without changing the load
  • C.reducing or staggering the coincident peak
  • D.adding further capacitors to the bank

Answer: C

Correct answer: reducing or staggering the coincident peak

At 0.99 the power factor is already as good as it needs to be, so more capacitors would achieve nothing and could push it leading. A large demand charge with a good power factor means the site genuinely draws a high peak, and the only remedy is to lower that peak - by staggering starts, shifting batch processes, or shedding non-essential load when the demand approaches its target.

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