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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks Paul, instead of two meters I created two utility rates and used a demand qual not a ratchet. All is working well now, thanks for your insight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Josh</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Paul Diglio [mailto:paul.diglio@sbcglobal.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 03, 2012 12:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> Joshua Wolfe; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Electric Utility Rate<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Joshua:<br><br>If I understand you correctly, you have a monthly demand charge plus a ratchet charge. Yes, I have done this. <br><br>You need to define 2 electric meters. The first meter incorporates the kW charge including TOU if this is in your rate.<br><br>For the second meter 0 the kW charge and customer service charges and just use that to set up a ratchet charge. <br><br>See attached documents. ES-D are the rates for the two meters. ES-E includes the monthly demand charges. ES-F shows the ratchet charges.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Paul Diglio, CEM, CBCP<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>87 Fairmont Avenue<br>New Haven, CT 06513<br>203-415-0082<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.pdigliollc.com" target="_blank">www.pdigliollc.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Joshua Wolfe <<a href="mailto:jwolfe@geo-marine.com">jwolfe@geo-marine.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Mon, December 3, 2012 11:35:59 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Electric Utility Rate</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is it possible to use the <b>actual</b> building demand (kW) to separate the energy usage (kWh) into tiers based on a constant multiplied (kWh/kW) and yet still use a minimum ratcheted <b>billing</b> demand to calculate the demand charge?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So basically, I need to use two different demands to calculate my electric charge, is this possible?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Josh</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>