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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I believe there’s an option for your exact scenario in defining the energy block type. Can also be done through the wizards:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Here’s the help entry:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Electric Rate - Energy Block Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Type of electric energy block rate, i.e., the structure of the energy block.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy">Electric Energy Block Type</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
is used only for <a href="JavaScript:TL_610915.HHClick()">Electric Rate Type</a> = "Block Charges" to indicate the structure of the block(s).
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<b><span style="color:navy">Electric Energy Block Type</span></b> are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"kWh Block" for calculating energy charges, where block sizes are pre-defined based on the units of energy consumed. For example, $0.07 for the first 10,000 kWh, $0.05 for the remainder.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">"kWh/kW Block" for calculating energy charges, where block sizes are based on a multiplier on peak electric demand. For example, $xxxx for the first
kWh block, where the size of the first kWh block is determined by using a predefined multiplier times the peak electrical demand for each month, hence this type of block will tend to vary in size from one month to the next since peak demand will tend to vary
from one month to the next.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"select another" used to indicate that another block is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The default
<b><span style="color:navy">Electric Energy Block Type </span></b>is "kWh Block" since that is the most common type of electric block structure.
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<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""> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Soham Babu<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kasun, Darryl; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Modeling Block kWh/kW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kasun,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You can try inputting utility rates in eQuest as shown in the screenshots below. We also need to add schedule in block charge tab.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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www.settymech.com</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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"">
<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kasun, Darryl<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Modeling Block kWh/kW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I’m not sure how to set up the following rate structure in eQuest:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.nspower.ca/en/home/aboutnspower/ratesandregulations/electricityrates/generaltariff.aspx">http://www.nspower.ca/en/home/aboutnspower/ratesandregulations/electricityrates/generaltariff.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">On the energy side, the cost is $0.01593/kWh for the first 200 kWh per month per kW of max demand, and then $0.007494/kWh for all additional kWh. This is what I’m not how to set up in eQuest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">An example would be say in a giving month, the bldg. uses 4,880 kWh and has a demand of 20.6 kW. The total kWh applied to the higher rate ($0.01593/kWh) would be 20.6 kW multiplied by 200 hours, or 4,120 kWh. The total
kWh applied to the lower rate would then be 4,880 kWh minus 4,120 kWh, or 760 kWh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Does anyone know how to set this rate structure up in eQuest??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Darryl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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