[RE-wrenches] Demand Charges

2017-01-26 Thread Tom Lane
In Florida it is not unusable to have a $700 dollar demand charge AND only a $165 electric useage charge . A classic example is a Church or Temple that has only two services a week and tremendous useage during those brief hourly services . For example Duke Energy's demand charge is for the highest

Re: [RE-wrenches] Demand Charges

2017-01-26 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Tom, are you sure it isn’t the highest 15 minute period for the last rolling 12 month period? That’s how FPL is set up. It’s brutal for some industries that have infrequent high demand. On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > In Florida it is not unusable to have a $700 dollar dema

Re: [RE-wrenches] Demand Charges

2017-01-26 Thread Will White
I think it varies by Utility and rate schedule. On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Jason Szumlanski < ja...@floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote: > Tom, are you sure it isn’t the highest 15 minute period for the last > rolling 12 month period? That’s how FPL is set up. It’s brutal for some > industri