METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING AN OPERATING DEVICE

The method serves to control or regulate an operating device, in particular a railway installation, which is supplied by an operating network (BN) connected to at least one power supply system (EVN1, EVN2), in order to maintain a desired load profile within the operating network (BN), in particular to avoid or compensate for load peaks, with a load calculator (RL) to which the data of the profile of the total load (PG) occurring in the operating network (BN) is supplied, whereby a) from the total load (PG) several profiles of load components (PS0, PS1, PS2) are determined, b) the future profile (PS0E, PS1E, PS2E) is determined for each of the load components (PS0, PS1, PS2); c) the future profiles (PS0E, PS1E, PS2E) determined for the load components (PS0, PS1, PS2) are superimposed on one another in order to determine a future profile (PGE) of the total load (PG) and future load peaks; and d) the operating device and/or the at least one power supply system (EVN1, EVN2) is controlled or regulated taking into account the determined future profile (PGE) of the total load (PG) and specified load limits in order to avoid future load peaks or to provide the energy required for them.