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color=#0000ff size=2>MDCQ = Maximum Daily Contract Quantity. It should probably
be included as a peak demand charge for natural gas.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andrew
McNamara<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:05 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Cramer
Silkworth<BR><B>Cc:</B> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Bldg-sim] gas: Btus to cost via pricing scheme<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>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>>
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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>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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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