The tanning dude knows that he's the Demanding Type.
Demand meters hit your wallet because the Poco is zapping you for the surge in demand that you trigger in a tanning booth -- while not really using it all that much through the day.
If the tanner was burning the watts rather steady through the day then the flat use curve would make the Poco happy. As it stands, the Poco has to keep extra rotating reserve power spooled up at all times to maintain voltage and frequency just due to demanding customers like the tanner.
Thus the Demand Meter was born.
Unless the landlord is a moron, he will insist that the tanner be metered for demand.
( Demand meters charge super pricing for peak kilowatts consumed as against total kilowatts consumed.)
