Energy Guardian · Energy management platform

Energy Guardian: cost management, not just charger management.

A rate-aware energy management platform from EVready® Energy. It measures the power behind your charging and building loads, prevents demand charge spikes before they set your monthly bill, and turns that control into measurable savings every period.

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The real cost of charging

It isn't the electricity — it's the peak.

Most commercial bills are driven by the demand charge: a fee based on your single highest interval of power draw, not how much energy you use. One DC fast charger can set that peak even when it's barely used. Traditional charger software watches whether the charger is on. Energy Guardian watches what it costs you — and lowers it.

How it works

Measure → Optimize → Monetize

01 · Measure

See where the money goes

Full visibility into consumption, peak demand, and rate exposure across every site and meter.

  • Increase operational visibility
02 · Optimize

Stop overpaying

Smart charging and peak shaving shape load against your tariff to bring the costly peaks down.

  • Reduce electricity costs
  • Reduce demand charges
  • Improve utility economics
03 · Monetize

Turn usage into savings

Qualify for utility programs and track the revenue and savings your infrastructure generates.

  • Unlock utility program participation
  • Generate measurable savings
What you get

The full picture, every billing period

Energy Guardian reports break down exactly what's driving your bill — and what was saved.

Estimated bill breakdown

Demand charge, charger energy, building energy, and fixed fees — see the share each drives.

Peak demand protection

Your peak without protection vs. the actual managed peak, with the dollars avoided.

Charger utilization

Sessions, energy delivered, and how hard each charger is actually working.

Protection frequency

How often Guardian actively intervened to hold your peak down.

Charger income

Network-reported session revenue, summed for the period, where chargers are paid.

Demand charge avoidance

A day-by-day view of peaks reached vs. peaks avoided across the period.

Network-agnostic

Works with the chargers you already have

Energy Guardian manages the energy regardless of charger brand — no rip-and-replace.

ChargePoint Blink + major networks
Real results

Measured savings from EVready Guardian reports

Berger Chevrolet · Grand Rapids, MI · 30-day period
Peak without protection149.8 kW
Protected by Guardian116.9 kW
$680.94 est. savings / period
Apple Ford Lincoln · Michigan · 30-day period
Peak without protection563.6 kW
Protected by Guardian57.9 kW
$5,643.62 est. savings / period
90% peak demand reduction — charger income of $659.60 generated same period from 138 paid sessions.

Estimated demand-charge savings from EVready Guardian reports. Actual results vary by site, load profile, and utility tariff.

Energy Guardian FAQ

Questions we get

What is Energy Guardian?
A rate-aware energy optimization platform from EVready® Energy. It measures the energy behind your EV charging and building loads, optimizes it against your utility tariff to cut demand charges and electricity costs, and helps you monetize the result through utility programs and measurable savings.
How is it different from charger management software?
Charger management software focuses on charger operation — uptime, sessions, access. Energy Guardian focuses on the economics of energy consumption: the demand charges and rate exposure that actually drive your bill. Cost management, not just charger management.
How does it save money?
Demand charges are billed on your single highest interval of power draw. Energy Guardian shapes and shifts load to keep that peak down — peak shaving and smart charging — which can substantially cut the demand-charge portion of a commercial bill, and it surfaces eligible utility programs for further savings.
Does it work with my existing chargers?
Yes. Energy Guardian manages the energy regardless of charger brand and works across major networks — the sites in our reports run ChargePoint and Blink hardware alike. No need to replace what you've installed.
What does it cost?
Energy Guardian is offered as a managed service; pricing depends on the number of sites and scope. Book a strategy call for a tailored quote — and for public-sector buyers, it can be added to a Sourcewell-procured project.
What is a demand charge?
A demand charge is a utility fee based on your single highest 15-minute interval of power draw in a billing period — not total energy consumed. On commercial tariffs, demand charges can represent 30–50% of the total monthly bill. EV chargers — especially DC fast chargers drawing 50–150 kW — can spike this peak significantly, even when used only occasionally. Energy Guardian is specifically designed to prevent those spikes before they set your monthly charge. See our full explainer at evreadyenergy.com/demand-charges.
How quickly does Energy Guardian start saving money?
Energy Guardian begins protecting your peak load from the first billing period it's active. Because demand charges are assessed monthly, the impact shows up on your very next utility bill. The size of the savings depends on your site's load profile, the utility tariff, and how aggressively your chargers were spiking your peak before Guardian was deployed.
Does Energy Guardian affect the charging experience for drivers?
In most cases, minimally. Guardian manages load by queuing or slightly throttling sessions during high-demand moments — not by blocking charging entirely. For dealership and fleet applications where charging overnight or during low-load periods is standard, drivers typically notice no difference at all.
Can Energy Guardian help with demand response or utility programs?
Yes. Part of the Monetize phase is identifying utility demand-response programs your site qualifies for — programs that pay you to reduce load at specific times. Energy Guardian's visibility into your interval data and load profile makes your site eligible for programs many organizations miss because they lack the monitoring infrastructure.

See what Energy Guardian would save you

A 30-minute call and a look at your interval data is all it takes to estimate your demand-charge savings.

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