Electrical loads are reduced by consumers with time-of-use plans

 
Re “Aging power plants in Southern California won’t close as scheduled”  (Sept. 1):
In discussions of peak electricity loads and the need to keep aging power plants online to meet them, electricity consumption in the evening is often treated as an intractable problem. But utilities have demonstrated ways to reduce electricity use at peak demand times through programs like demand-response and demand pricing.
In demand-response, utilities communicate more actively wit