POWER SHOVEL AND POWER SHOVEL CONTROL METHOD

A shovel includes an internal combustion engine (11), a hydraulic pump (14) connected to the internal-combustion engine, a generator (12) connected to the internal-combustion engine, and a control part (30) that controls the generator. The control part (30) increases an electric generation load of the generator (12) before a hydraulic load of the hydraulic pump (14) increases.