ERATES
Calculates monthly and annual electricity costs for a facility, building, or system under a variety of electric utility rate schedules. Typically these calculations will be used to support engineering-economic studies that assess the cost-effectiveness of energy conservation measures or measures to shift electricity use from on-peak to off-peak time periods. ERATES sets up block-rate, time-of-use-rate, and demand-rate schedules and computes electricity costs based on those schedules.
Keywords
electricity costs, electric utility rates schedules
Validation/Testing
N/A
Expertise Required
None required.
Users
Distributed in connection with the BLCC life-cycle cost program to several thousand users.
Audience
Federal Energy Managers and energy coordinators; engineers and architects, budget analysts and planners.
Input
Hourly kWh usage data, monthly kWh usage/kW demand data.
Output
Block-rate, time-of-use rate, demand-rate schedules. Monthly and annual electricity costs.
Computer Platform
PC-compatible. DOS version 3.0 or higher, Windows 3.x. No special graphics or hardware is required.
Programming Language
Basic
Strengths
Rate schedules can be imported by BLCC and QBLCC for use in computing life-cycle costs of buildings and building systems. Users guide included as file with program.
Weaknesses
N/A
Contact
Company: |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
Address: |
Office of Applied Economics |
Telephone: |
(301) 975-6134 |
Facsimile: |
(301) 975-5337 |
E-mail: |
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Website: |
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/download_blcc.cfm |
Availability
Available for download at the FEMP web site.