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Title: Beware Capital Charge Rates

Journal Article · · Electricity Journal

The capital charge rate has a material effect in cost comparisons. Care should be taken to calculate it correctly and use it properly. The most common mistake is to use a nominal, rather than real, capital charge rate. To make matters worse, the common short-cut formula does not work well. (author)

OSTI ID:
20727320
Journal Information:
Electricity Journal, Vol. 19, Issue 3; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 1040-6190
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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