Take control of your peak demand.
Comstel Energy helps businesses optimise when and how energy is consumed — reducing peak demand, lowering costs and improving efficiency, while easing strain on the grid and supporting a more sustainable future.
Your bill is set by your peaks — not your average.
On many commercial and industrial tariffs, a single demand spike can lift the rate you pay all month. Controlling those peaks is one of the fastest ways to cut energy cost.
Demand and capacity charges can make up a major portion of a commercial electricity bill.
A single short peak can set the demand charge you pay for the entire billing period.
Real-time monitoring catches peaks as they form — so they can be shifted, shaved or stored.
Nine levers to flatten the curve.
We combine the right mix of these strategies for your site — designed around how you actually operate, with the fastest payback first.
Load Shedding
Reduce non-essential loads (HVAC, lighting, machinery) during peak periods.
Peak Demand Reduction
Smart scheduling and storage to avoid expensive demand charges.
Efficiency Upgrades
LED lighting, efficient HVAC and modern appliances cut consumption.
Demand Response
Tap utility incentives by reducing usage during high-demand events.
Monitoring & Control
Track usage in real time to find savings and fine-tune performance.
Renewable Integration
Add solar and renewables to offset grid reliance and stabilise demand.
Battery Storage
Store off-peak or solar energy and release it when prices peak.
Power Factor Correction
Improve system efficiency and avoid penalties with corrective tech.
Behavioural Shifts
Build staff awareness to encourage smarter, lower-cost energy habits.
A staged path to lower demand.
Start with measurement, act on the quick wins, then build long-term resilience with storage and renewables. Every stage stands on its own.
Monitor & Analyse
Understand your real load profile and where the costly peaks come from.
- Real-time energy monitoring
- Tariff & demand-charge review
- Peak & load-profile analysis
- Savings opportunity report
Reduce & Shift
Act on the quick wins — shave peaks, shed flexible loads and lift efficiency.
- Everything in Monitor & Analyse
- Load shedding & scheduling
- Peak demand reduction
- Efficiency upgrades (LED, HVAC)
- Power factor correction
Store & Integrate
Build lasting resilience with storage, solar and demand response.
- Everything in Reduce & Shift
- Battery storage integration
- Solar & renewable integration
- Demand response enrolment
- Ongoing optimisation
Built for businesses where demand charges bite.
If your tariff includes demand or capacity charges, or your load spikes hard at certain times, demand management can return real savings.
Manufacturing
Stagger heavy machinery start-ups and shift flexible loads off the peak window.
Commercial Buildings
Optimise HVAC, lifts and lighting across the day to flatten the demand curve.
Retail & Hospitality
Tame refrigeration, kitchen and HVAC peaks that drive up capacity charges.
Healthcare & Aged Care
Keep critical loads protected while trimming demand on flexible systems.
Strategy first. Then the savings follow.
We don’t sell one fix — we measure your load, model the options and design a tailored demand management plan that lowers costs, improves resilience and lasts.
We Measure First
Real load data drives the plan — we target the biggest, fastest savings.
Tailored, Not Templated
Strategies designed around how your specific site actually operates.
Storage & Solar Ready
Integrate batteries and solar so peaks are shaved automatically.
Incentive Savvy
We help you capture demand response and utility incentive programs.
Whole-of-Site View
Energy services that join up with your wider Comstel ICT account.
Australian Since 2015
10+ years working with Australian industrial and commercial clients.
Quick answers before you get in touch.
What is electrical demand management?
Demand management is the practice of controlling when and how your business uses electricity — reducing peak demand, shifting loads and storing energy — to lower costs, improve resilience and ease strain on the grid, without disrupting operations.
Why are demand (capacity) charges so expensive?
Many commercial and industrial sites are billed not just on how much energy they use, but on their highest demand spike in a period. A single short peak can set the capacity rate you pay for the whole billing cycle, which is why shaving peaks delivers outsized savings.
How quickly can demand management cut my bills?
It depends on your tariff and load profile, but peak-demand reduction and load shifting often deliver savings in the first billing periods. We start by monitoring your real usage, then target the changes with the fastest, largest payback.
Will load shedding interrupt my operations?
No — done properly it targets only non-essential or flexible loads (such as some HVAC, lighting or machinery cycles) during peak windows. Critical processes keep running. We design the strategy around how your site actually operates.
Can demand management work alongside solar and batteries?
Yes — they work best together. Battery storage lets you charge off-peak or from solar and discharge during expensive peaks, while solar offsets grid reliance. Comstel Energy can integrate demand management with your solar and storage as one system.
Do you offer demand response / utility incentive programs?
Yes. Where available, we help you take advantage of demand response programs and utility incentives by reducing usage during high-demand events — turning flexibility into an additional revenue or savings stream.
Stop paying for your peaks.
Book a free chat with a Comstel Energy specialist. We’ll review your tariff and load profile and recommend the demand management strategies with the fastest payback for your site.
North Sydney NSW 2060
