: not being in the period of maximum use or business : not peak
telephone rates during off-peak hours
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Next-generation load centers sharpen the math by shuffling the car's demand into off-peak windows and balancing other circuits to stay below capacity caps, which avoids punitive demand charges.
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Carlos Georgescu, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Other settings include a GFCI switch that allows the generator to work with ground fault outlets, and backup and reserve options that use your electricity rates to charge the generator during off-peak hours.
—PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
Airlines across the industry have said demand has been softer this year, particularly in off-peak travel periods.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 July 2025
That’s why many backyard astronomers are switching gears and watching the Perseids off-peak, in the nights and weeks leading up to that August 12 to 13 timeframe.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 27 July 2025
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Carlos Georgescu, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Other settings include a GFCI switch that allows the generator to work with ground fault outlets, and backup and reserve options that use your electricity rates to charge the generator during off-peak hours.
—PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
Airlines across the industry have said demand has been softer this year, particularly in off-peak travel periods.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 July 2025
That’s why many backyard astronomers are switching gears and watching the Perseids off-peak, in the nights and weeks leading up to that August 12 to 13 timeframe.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 27 July 2025
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“Off-peak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-peak. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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