The framework divides a day into three periods. For each period, you configure a specific demand limit. The framework compares the Projected Demand Average to this Demand Limit at the current time of day and, based on this comparison, sheds or restores electrical load as appropriate. In other words, if the projected demand is higher than the demand limit for the current time of day, the system sheds power. If shedding is active, and the projected demand is lower than the demand limit for the current time of day, the system restores power.

Thirty-two power shed levels serve the shedding calculations. Each shed level value represents an amount by which to drop the power when that shed level is active. You configure these estimates manually in the ElectricalDemandLimit and ShedControl property sheets. They do not reflect live data. When the projected demand exceeds the Demand Limit for the current demand period, the component calculates how many loads to shed. You should set the Power Shed Level properties to demand values based on loads that are controlled by the specific shed group. The load shed logic calculates how much demand to reduce, and then uses the Power Shed Level values to determine how many of the loads to shed.

Shedding and restoring loads occurs in a fixed priority. The system sheds Power Shed Level1 first and restores it last.