ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND CONTROL APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric power demand control apparatus capable of ensuring the efficiency and fairness of electric power demand control.SOLUTION: The electric power demand control apparatus includes: selection means that selects a plurality of pieces of load equipment into a first group and a second group; setting means that sets target power of the plurality of pieces of load equipment; and control means that places shutdown of power supply to the first group of load equipment ahead of shutdown of power supply to the second group of load equipment in controlling power supply to the plurality of pieces of load equipment for each predetermined cycle so that a total of power amount used by the plurality of pieces of load equipment does not exceed the target power and, in shutting down power supply to the second group of load equipment, shuts down power supply to each of the second group of load equipment in order.