Optimizing Production Scheduling of Steel Plate Hot Rolling for Economic Load Dispatch under Time-of-Use Electricity Pricing

Table 2

TOU electricity tariffs.

Time period	Time frame	Electricity price/(CNY⋅kWh^−1)
On-peak	18:00–21:00	0.878
Mid-peak	08:00–11:00, 15:00–18:00	0.778
Flat-peak	07:00-08:00, 11:00–15:00, 21:00-22:00	0.628
Off-peak	00:00–07:00, 22:00–24:00	0.428