Key Takeaways
- Demand charges are one of the largest line items in a Charge Point Operator’s energy bill — often a major share of costs that can exceed 50% of the operating budget.
- Peak shaving is a balancing act: cut too little, and you overpay on demand charges; cut too much, and you lose kilowatt-hours and charging revenue.
- The Driivz Peak Shaving Calculator pinpoints the optimal power limit per site using your real 15-minute interval data, date range, demand charge rates, and currency.
- Interactive tools, such as the network dashboard, site demand profiles and session heat maps, the Cap Optimizer slider, and the Network ROI calculator, show exactly where net benefit peaks and what it’s worth over your full EMS contract term.
- In a three-site real-data example, Driivz EMS pays for itself in under two months and delivers more than $300,000 in revenue benefit over three years, while keeping the charging experience seamless for drivers.
If you’re a Charge Point Operator, you already know energy costs can eat up over 50% of your operating budget, and demand charges are a big chunk of that. You can cut peak power to shrink demand charges, but cut too much and you’ll also deliver fewer kilowatt-hours, which hits your charging revenue right where it hurts.
So, where’s the sweet spot?
That’s exactly the question Driivz’s Peak Shaving Calculator answers for you. It dynamically pinpoints the ideal peak power, cutting demand charges while protecting as much revenue as possible. The result: you boost your bottom line, and give drivers the seamless charging experience they expect.
It runs on real data, 15-minute interval readings, your date range, demand charge rates, and currency, all specific to your sites. From there, it recommends the optimal power limit for each site, maximizing profit while minimizing any impact on driver experience.
The dashboard rolls it all up, showing the net monthly benefit across your entire network, site by site. Adjust any setting, and watch the calculator instantly recalculate power curtailment and projected savings for each site. Drill into any site to see its energy demand profile, actual demand vs. EMS-managed delivery, plus a session heat map that flags exactly when and where demand spikes hit.
Drag the Cap Optimizer slider and watch in real time, how each power setting trades off demand charge savings against lost revenue, and where your net benefit peaks. The Network ROI calculator takes it further, factoring in your EMS contract and costs to project the accumulated revenue benefit over the full term.
In this example, built on real data from three sites, Driivz EMS pays for itself in under two months and delivers a revenue boost of more than $300,000 over a three-year contract. And when you’re ready to share the results, export the analysis as a branded report, one click, done.
Driivz’s Peak Shaving Calculator finds that sweet spot for you, cutting demand charges, protecting revenue, and keeping the charging experience seamless for every driver on your network.