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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Is there a demand charge also? The virtual rate will include all billing components. Try the ES-E report for the rate, it should clarify with all of the components including demand, cost adjustments, taxes, etc.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You may have another billing component that is additive to the uniform charge. If ES-E doesn’t turn up the answer, scour through the rate dialogue boxes and see if there is an additional component somewhere. Actually check the INP file, it will be very clear if there are any lines other than your uniform charge.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">David</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="#244061" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#244061;font-weight:bold">Grumman/Butkus Associates</span></font></b><font size="1" color="gray" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray"></span></font></p>
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<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Alan Crittendon<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:08 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> 'eQuest'<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Equest-users] Virtual Rate</span></font></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Looking at the ES-D energy cost summary, why is my virtual rate ($/unit) so much higher than the uniform energy charge ($/unit) I have in the utility rate properties box? Ive attached my baseline ES-D.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:navy">Alan Crittendon, PE, LEED AP</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font color="navy" face="Swis721 Blk BT"><span style="font-family:"Swis721 Blk BT","sans-serif";color:navy">DW Collier Engineering, Inc.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:navy">720 Broadway St.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:navy">Suite 100</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:navy">South Fulton, TN 38257</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:navy">(p) 731-479-2115<br>(f) 731-479-8018</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
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