Hello Cramer,<br><br>An colleage of mine and I did some recently did some research on Natural Gas prices for New York State, and we banged our heads against the wall for a fair bit before figuring out how these rate structures fit together. The two of us just took a look at what you listed below and here's our best guess.
<br><br>Customer charge is the monthly base<br>Distribution charge is likely the "delivery" component charged on a "per therm" or "per ccf" basis<br>Cost of Gas Adjustment is likely the "supply" component charged on a "per therm" or "mdcq" basis (not sure what mdcq is, but it seems to me that only one of these two lines applies to the actual bill, depending which unit you are billed in (therms vs. mdcq)
<br>Local Distribution Adjustment Charge is likely another fee they tack on per therm, ccf, or mdcq.<br><br>So.... if you were billed in therms, I believe your total bill would be 550.41+(1.0322+0.8651+0.0491) * Therms usage.
<br><br>Hope that helps!<br><br>Best,<br>Andy<br>-- <br>Andrew McNamara, LEED AP<br>Bright Power, Inc.<br><br>tel: 212.803.5868<br>fax: 866.379.8026<br>cell: 917.974.4499<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/7/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Cramer Silkworth</b> <<a href="mailto:silkworth@transsolar.com">silkworth@transsolar.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello
everyone,</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">I'm trying to take
my gas use output numbers (Btus) and calculate the cost of the gas using the
pricing scheme from the local utility (Keyspan in Boston) for a LEED
certification. However, I can't figure out what the scheme means. Can someone
tell me what these numbers mean, in terms of how to write an equation to take my
hourly outputs of gas use (from Trnsys, but I'm doing this in Excel) and
calculate final (monthly) cost?</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">"Customer Charge
(fixed): $550.41": I'm assuming this is the monthly base
fee.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">"Distribution
Charge: $1.0322": Dollars per ...?</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">"Cost of Gas
Adjustment CGA (mdcq): $0.8432": Again, no idea</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">"Cost of Gas
Adjustment CGA (Therm): 0.8651": ...</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">"Local Distrib.
Adjustment Charge LDAC: $0.0491": ...</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">(These numbers are
under the heading "High Load Factor General Service Rate - Extra Large," this is
for a rather large commercial building complex.</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">I've gone to the
utility's website and found this data, but nothing to explain it, nor anywhere
else on the web. I called them, and just get passed around their service
department because no one seems to be able to understand how I can have gas
numbers without having a building!</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks,</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Cramer</font></span></div>
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