A method for managing the energy demand of a charging station for an electric vehicle having an energy storage device, a charging power (P(t)) being supplied and controlled conductively via a charging connection line, comprising the following method steps: - recording power-specific data of a charging device of the electric vehicle, - recording an anticipated parking duration (T_K) and a desired energy amount (E_K) as customer-specific data, - determining an average charging power (P_AVG) according to P_AVG = E_K/T_K - determining a base supply power (P_GS) and a maximal charging power (P_MAX), - establishing a charging plan describing a temporal progression of the charging power (P(t)) as a function of the power-specific data of the charging device of the electric vehicle, of the anticipated parking duration (T_K) and the desired energy amount (E_K) and of the base supply power (P_GS) and the maximal charging power (P_MAX), - said charging plan following a charging strategy dictating the temporal progression of the planned charging power (P(t)), - implementing the charging plan according to the selected charging strategy, a first charging strategy being selected as a charging strategy in which the charging power (P(t)) from a start time (t=0) of the parking duration to a ramp start time (T_X) corresponds to the base supply power (P_GS) and rises on a straight line to a peak power (P_X) at the end time of the parking duration (T_K) starting from the base supply power (P_GS) at the ramp start time (T_X), said rising straight line extending through the origin of the charging plan, or a second charging strategy being selected as a charging strategy in which the charging power (P(t)) at a start time (t=0) of the parking duration to a base supply start time (t=T_GS) is zero and progresses constantly starting from the base supply start time (T_GS) to the termination of the parking duration (T_K) and corresponds to the base supply power (P_GS), or a third charging strategy is selected as a charging strategy in which the desired energy amount (E_K) is distributed equally over the parking duration (T_K) so as to yield the average charging power (P_AVG), which is constant for the parking duration (T_K), for the temporal progression of the charging power (P(t)). - recording power-specific data of a charging device of the electric vehicle, - recording an anticipated parking duration (T_K) and a desired energy amount (E_K) as customer-specific data, - determining an average charging power (P_AVG) according to P_AVG = E_K/T_K - determining a base supply power (P_GS) and a maximal charging power (P_MAX), - establishing a charging plan describing a temporal progression of the charging power (P(t)) as a function of the power-specific data of the charging device of the electric vehicle, of the anticipated parking duration (T_K) and the desired energy amount (E_K) and of the base supply power (P_GS) and the maximal charging power (P_MAX), - said charging plan following a charging strategy dictating the temporal progression of the planned charging power (P(t)), - implementing the charging plan according to the selected charging strategy, a first charging strategy being selected as a charging strategy in which the charging power (P(t)) from a start time (t=0) of the parking duration to a ramp start time (T_X) corresponds to the base supply power (P_GS) and rises on a straight line to a peak power (P_X) at the end time of the parking duration (T_K) starting from the base supply power (P_GS) at the ramp start time (T_X), said rising straight line extending through the origin of the charging plan, or a second charging strategy being selected as a charging strategy in which the charging power (P(t)) at a start time (t=0) of the parking duration to a base supply start time (t=T_GS) is zero and progresses constantly starting from the base supply start time (T_GS) to the termination of the parking duration (T_K) and corresponds to the base supply power (P_GS), or a third charging strategy is selected as a charging strategy in which the desired energy amount (E_K) is distributed equally over the parking duration (T_K) so as to yield the average charging power (P_AVG), which is constant for the parking duration (T_K), for the temporal progression of the charging power (P(t)).