Industrial Tariff calculation
Industrial Tariff calculation
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I'm looking at my local tariff and I am confused as what I am expecting vs. what I am actually calculating seems to be different. The thing that looks odd is the Energy charges. If I have a 10,000kW load running 24/7, I would expect that to come out to ~500k/month but from below, it's alittle less than $10k. Am I missing something? The monthly rate on distribution is based on kW which if I assume 10kW, I'm at 8k in monthly base fees which sounds right.
Energy Charges (kWh)
First Block (0 to 400 kWh/kW)...................................................$0.00137 per kilowatt-hour
Second Block (over 400 kWh/kW).............................................$0.00133 per kilowatt-hour
Energy Charges (kWh)
First Block (0 to 400 kWh/kW)...................................................$0.00137 per kilowatt-hour
Second Block (over 400 kWh/kW).............................................$0.00133 per kilowatt-hour






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I was looking at Rate Schedule 40, 41, and 44
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With the profit coming from demand and KVA charges, the ridiculously low energy rate may be a ploy to keep the cost of co-generation from alternate sources at ridiculously low levels.
What is the stock market symbol for that utility? Are they publicly traded?
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
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Now when you say the cost of cogen, are you meaning that the industrial wouldn't employ cogen since the cost of electricity rate is cheaper?
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Co-gen would make sense to reduce your KVA charges and control your power factor. I suspect that it may not be economical to sell excess power back to the utility.
Note the carry-over charges. A failure of an industrial co-gen installation for a short time may erase most or all of the savings.
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: Industrial Tariff calculation
Given what I've seen advocated by the self generation fanatics, this is exactly where I would expect utility rate tariffs to go. Put all of the cost into the capacity (fixed costs) and take all or nearly all out of the energy (variable costs). I'm actually surprised to see a tariff that tilts so far toward capacity instead of energy, but an awful lot of what the utility needs to recover every month is the cost of the infrastructure necessary to deliver the energy. Traditionally, much, if not all, of the infrastructure costs have gotten rolled into the energy costs, but as it becomes more and more possible to have no net energy consumption it behooves the utilities to recover their fixed costs independently of the energy costs.
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