Kilowatts per hour

[LarryFine]

. . . I'd like to buy Mr. Bluejay a hair cut.

You mean Tiny Tim's little brother?

 

[bob]

POCO's are generally secretive about this. The link Dennis posted alluded to this but commercial customers are charged based on peak demand. I'm not sure of the exact formula in which this is billed but in laymens terms if your demand at peak intervals is say 50 KW you are billed at the 50KW rate (say $0.50/KW hour). If, at any point during peak usage times, you require 60 KW then you are billed at the 60 KW rate (say $0.60/KW hour) for the entire month or whatever interval the POCO decides. From my experience you can place as many phone calls as you wish to your local POCO but no one at the POCO will tell you what you want to know. If you end up being more successful at getting this info than I was would you please post your findings here ? Thanks.

Phil

Utilities usually bill a commercial/industrial for kwh's and a demand charge. The
demand charge around the country is about $5.00/kw demand. If you had a demand of 50 kw, your bill would be $5 x 50 kw = $250.00 + the charge for the kwh's. The kwh charge is usually less for a residentail custormer. The
PSC sees to that.