Lowering Your Facility’s Electric Rates

Lowering Your Facility’s Electric RatesThis is a single license Digital eBook PDF File that is downloadable, and password protected eBook Description Many energy practitioners are either uninformed or misinformed regarding how electricity is actually priced. Many are also unaware of how to properly calculate potential dollar savings from energy efficiency upgrades. Designed for commercial industrial institutional (C&I) power customers, this book details ways to secure lower electric rates

eBook Description

Many energy practitioners are either uninformed or misinformed regarding how electricity is actually priced. Many are also unaware of how to properly calculate potential dollar savings from energy efficiency upgrades.

Designed for commercial/industrial/institutional (C&I) power customers, this book details ways to secure lower electric rates and pricing in both regulated and deregulated retail power markets. The range of options varies from simple methods (e.g., minimizing sales tax) to more complex techniques (e.g., intervening in regulatory rate proceedings). With 40+ years’ experience in energy services, Mr. Audin provides an excellent understanding of power pricing and ways to reduce it.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Acronyms and Abbreviations
3. Section I: Background
4. Chapter 1 The Bottom Line
5. Chapter 2 Understanding The Basic Power System
6. Evolution of the Electric Utilities
7. Utility Geography
8. Utility Financial Structures Vary
9. New Players in the Power Game
10. How the Grids Expanded
11. The Three Main Functions Of Utilities
12. Retail Deregulation Impacts Some Utilities
13. Chapter 3 Understanding Power Pricing
14. Average Versus Actual Electric Rates
15. To Understand the Options, Learn the Lingo
16. Unbundling Electric Rates
17. Basic Electricity and Tariff Units
18. How Peak Demand May Be Measured
19. Why Understanding Peak Demand Is Important
20. Chapter 4 Typical Components in a C&I Electric Bill
21. Fixed Charges
22. Major Variable Charges
23. Program Charges and Taxes
24. Many Pieces in the Pie
25. Chapter 5 First Steps in a Rate Analysis
26. Tips to Make Analysis Easier
27. Break Down Dense Language
28. Use Utility Accounting Software
29. Review Alternative Rates
30. What Tariffs May Not Show
31. Section II: Options for Rate and Cost Reductions
32. Chapter 6 (Mostly) Administrative Options
33. Avoid, Shift, and/or Reduce Taxes
34. Minimize Bill Processing Costs
35. Aggregate Meters/Accounts
36. Re-classify Loads/Accounts
37. Lower Service Firmness
38. Seek A CHP Deferral Option
39. Find Billing Errors Using a Professional Utility Bill Auditor
40. Utilize Financial Techniques
41. Chapter 7 Utilizing Metering and Dynamic Rate Options
42. How Utility Metering Is Changing
43. A Brief Tutorial on Interval Data
44. How to Get the Data
45. Evaluating a TOU Rate
46. Power Pricing Based on Utility Load Profiles
47. A Slightly Extreme Example
48. Who May Benefit From TOU?
49. Get It ‘Wholesale’ via RTP
50. Who May Benefit from RTP?
51. Chapter 8 Equipment/Technical/ Operational Options
52. Reduce or Eliminate a Reactive Power Charge
53. Convert Electric Loads to Natural Gas
54. Get Paid to Cut Load By Demand Response Programs
55. What Dr is All About
56. Who Offers DR Programs/Tariffs?
57. Cut a Distribution Rate by Upgrading Voltage Service
58. Pursue Transmission Bypass
59. Buy Cheaper Power Generated On-site
60. Negotiating Cogeneration
61. Cash in on Options for Using Alternative Energy Sources
62. Section III: Changing The Rules
63. Chapter 9 Negotiating with Utilities
64. IOUs: Often the Toughest Nuts to Crack
65. Munis and Co-ops May be Easier
66. Authorities Are a Mix
67. Possible Mechanisms for a Resolution
68. Negotiation Is Never a Simple or Easy Task
69. Sweat the Details of a Proposed Deal
70. Chapter 10 Intervening to Help Write the Rates
71. Introduction
72. Understanding Rate Proceedings
73. To Succeed, Don’t Go It Alone
74. Section IV: Competitive Retail Power Procurement
75. Chapter 11 Buying from Competing Electricity Suppliers
76. Introduction
77. Historical Background
78. How the Purchasing Process Works
79. Preparing for Retail Power Procurement
80. Chapter 12 Options for Competitive Supply Pricing
81. Price Content and Structure
82. Common Types of Power Products
83. Chapter 13 Managing Competitive Power Procurement
84. Finding and Choosing Retail Power Suppliers
85. RFI Content
86. Price Discovery Methods and Tools
87. RFP Content
88. Chapter 14 Ways to Save Money and/or Increase Value
89. Chapter 15 Negotiating/Improving a Supply Contract
90. How to Improve a Contract
91. Post Bid Options
92. Appendices
93. Glossary of Tariff and Energy Procurement Terms
94. Index

Author: Lindsay Audin

e-ISBN: 9788770223386