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Erates: A computer program for calculating time-of-use, block, and demand charges for electricity usage (version 1.2). User`s guide and reference manual. 1997 edition

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:479147
ERATES (Electricity Rates) is a computer program for calculating monthly and annual electricity costs for a facility, building, or system under a variety of electricity rate schedules. Both kWh usage and kW demand charges can be included in these costs. These calculations will be used to support engineering-economic studies which assess the cost-effectiveness of energy conservation measures or measures to shift electricity use from on-peak to off-peak time periods. With ERATES, a user can create time-of-use kWh price schedules, block-rate kWh price schedules, and demand-rate schedules and save these schedules to a disk file. The user can then compute monthly and annual electricity costs with ERATES, given hourly or monthly kWh usage and kW demand data for a facility, building, or system.
Research Organization:
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Office of Applied Economics
OSTI ID:
479147
Report Number(s):
PB--97-153480/XAB; NISTIR--5186-ED-97
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English