That is mild, however, compared with the load profile of urban utilities, where the peak can be three times as high as the valley.

Ultimately, an energy exchange can reduce dramatically the price risk related to short-term spikes in load profiles.

This is the peak in the load profile divided by the full load of the device.

Peaks should be avoided for the benefit of a unified load profile.

This will create unique and different load profiles and pricing for each type of these customers, all of which the system must keep track of.

A time series of energy consumption might be called a load profile.

It can be derived from the load profile of the specific device or system of devices.

A transformer typically has a cyclic rating allowing for the variation in the load profile.

Instead a load profile can be inferred from customer billing or other data.

The system appears to be progressing through a sequence of static states that are driven by various parameters like changes in load profile.