Stop Uncontrolled Demand Charges From Driving Up Your Energy Costs
Most commercial energy bills aren’t driven by usage — they’re driven by peak demand. Whether from EV charging, equipment loads, or operational spikes, a single event can increase your entire monthly bill.
- We reduce demand charges across your facility and protect your bottom line
- You regain control over energy consumption and grid dependence
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The Problem
Demand Charges & Electrification Are Creating Cost Volatility. Regain Control!
The challenge is not total energy use; it’s when and how intensely that energy is used. Demand charges are driven by peak load.
Electrification, new equipment, and EV charging are introducing high-intensity loads that can spike demand, often without warning.
At the same time, most solutions are fragmented. Solar providers focus on generation, contractors focus on installation, and equipment vendors push their own products. We take a holistic approach so you can regain control.
- Demand spikes determine your monthly bill
- Electrification increases cost volatility
- Most solutions don’t address the root problem
The Solution
An Integrated Energy Solution That Controls Demand and Reduces Costs
We combine battery storage, intelligent controls, and on-site generation into a single coordinated system and take ownership end-to-end.
Individually, these components don’t solve the problem. Together, they create a system that does. We help you prevent demand spikes, optimize energy usage, and support electrification without increasing costs.
Our team brings together highly experienced industry experts, a unique mix of know-how that translates directly into your competitive advantage.
- Real-time demand control
- Fully integrated system design
- Built around financial outcomes
Why Sprocket?
Financial Modeling, System Control, and Ongoing Oversight — Designed for Real Outcomes
Most providers install equipment. We define the outcome before anything gets built.
Financial Modeling Before You Invest
We model your current costs, projected savings, and ROI upfront — so you know exactly what the system will deliver.
Control Systems That Actively Manage Demand
Your system creates value only when it’s controlled together. We manage how your system operates in real time.
Ongoing Oversight and Performance Reporting
We stay involved after deployment, providing optimization and reporting so you always know your results.
Industries served
Automotive Dealerships
Commercial & Industrial Facilities
Retail & Multi-Site Operations
EV Charging & Infrastructure
Fleet Operators
Real Estate & Property Groups
Municipal & Public Sector
Energy-Intensive Businesses
Featured Case Study
How Harper’s Rest Cut Utility Costs, Improved Reliability, and Hit Its Sustainability Targets
Harper’s Rest is a hospitality property and subsidiary of Young’s Holdings, a company with active sustainability commitments across its portfolio. The site operates in California under PG&E service, where power reliability and cost volatility are real ongoing concerns for commercial operators. The Challenge, Vision & Mission Harper’s Rest was dealing with three problems at once. […]
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How Hampton Jitney Planned for Fleet Electrification Without Creating a Utility Cost Problem
Hampton Jitney is a coach and transit company serving the New York metro area, run by second-generation owners Geoff and Andrew Lynch. Their Calverton terminal is a bus hub, customer parking facility, fleet fueling site, and a growing location for public and private EV charging. Thanks to our partners: EVO Power USA, PSEG Long Island, […]
Featured Case Study
How Sunrise Toyota Got Control Over Rising Utility Costs at Two Long Island Locations
Sunrise Toyota operates two dealerships on Long Island, located in Oakdale and Medford, serving the New York metro market. The Challenge Demand charges had been pushing utility bills higher at Sunrise Toyota for years. Ownership had no direct way to address them and watched the costs climb. At the same time, the business needed to […]
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Frequently Asked Questions
What to Know About Working With Us
The questions commercial owners and operators ask us most, from demand charges to what it takes to get real results.
Why should my business consider a microgrid?
Because demand charges are often the largest controllable cost on a commercial bill, and a microgrid is how you control them. One short spike from HVAC, refrigeration, equipment, or vehicle charging can set your demand charge for the month.
An on-site microgrid uses battery storage and smart controls to manage those peaks, earn revenue from utility programs, and keep critical operations running in an outage.
Our projects are designed to cut utility costs by up to 75%, modeled against your tariff and your individual load.
Is solar enough, or do I need a microgrid?
For most commercial properties, no. Solar lowers the energy (kWh) portion of your bill, but it can’t control when demand peaks happen.
A battery can. It covers the spike so the utility never sees it, and it earns revenue from grid programs. We include solar when it strengthens your financial model and show you scenarios with and without it. We’re not here to sell you panels.
How much does a microgrid cost?
It depends on your site, so we model your numbers before we quote one. Cost is driven by your demand peaks, tariff, storage needs, existing infrastructure, and interconnection requirements.
Tax credits, incentives, grid revenues, and avoided utility upgrades offset it. Our assessment models 12–24 months of your interval data, so you see projected savings and payback before you commit.
What industries does Sprocket Power serve?
Commercial properties where demand charges are a large share of the bill:
• Auto and truck dealerships
• Fleet operators, including transit, logistics, and school buses
• Manufacturing, warehousing, cold storage, hospitality, wineries, and offices
• Municipal facilities
Recent projects include Sunrise Toyota, GMC of Bedford Hills, Hampton Jitney, and Harper’s Rest.
Does Sprocket Power help with EV charging?
Yes. We design chargers, storage, and controls together for dealerships, fleets, and commercial sites, so charging fits both your operations and your utility budget.
The system schedules charging around your peaks, keeps vehicles ready, and scales as you add chargers. We also manage the utility process and incentives.
What happens after the system is installed?
We keep working, because a battery without active management captures only part of its value. After commissioning, we:
• Monitor performance against your modeled savings, revenues, and credits
• Optimize dispatch around your load, tariff, weather, and grid-program signals
• Manage grid programs, from enrollment to payments
• Protect battery health by tracking charge and capacity over time
• Adapt to new rates, new loads, and new programs
Your operations always come first. This is not a set-it-and-forget-it system.
Why choose Sprocket Power?
Because savings come from how a system is designed, built, and operated, not the equipment alone.
We model your outcomes first, then manage engineering, interconnection, incentives, construction, and commissioning.
After go-live, we actively optimize the system as rates, usage, and grid programs change.
We bring 50+ years of combined energy and utility-program experience, but don’t just take our word for it:
“Since implementing the managed microgrid at Vail Auto Group, we’ve reduced our monthly utility bills by approximately 78%.” — Greg Vail, Vice President, Vail GMC.
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We analyze your energy usage, identify hidden demand charges, and show you exactly how to reduce them — before you invest in any infrastructure.