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Energy Bills
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 25 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To handle the ________ - some utilities charge more for energy consumed during peak times.
Electric rate structures
The daily peaking
Peak demand
Rate hearing
2. Typical actions to reduce kWh consumption involve ________ - ________ and ________.
Electric rate structures
Also called the rate schedule
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
1. Power- producing current 2. Magnetizing current 3. Total current
3. The profit level for private utility companies is determined by the state utility regulatory commission and is called ________.
Transformers
General service rate schedule
Incentives and rebates
The rate of return
4. ________ form the interface between the utility company and customer.
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
Meters
Demand billing
Electric rate structures
5. Many utility rate structures include ________ and ________ for customers to replace old - energy inefficient equipment with newer - more efficient models.
Electric rate structures
Distillates or residuals
Incentives and rebates
Average cost per kWh
6. Fuel oils are classified as ________ or ________.
Average cost per kWh
Distillates or residuals
Electrical demand; electrical energy
Transformers
7. Many large utility customers participate actively in the ________ for their utility.
Energy costs to continue to increase.
Small industrial rate schedule
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
Rate hearing
8. ____are set up in two steps: 1st - the revenue requirements to cover the cost plus profit is determined; 2nd - rates are designed and set to recover these cost or revenue requirements.
Utility rates
Ratchet clause
Small industrial rate schedule
Incentives and rebates
9. In analytical terms - power is ________ - and conversely - energy the ________.
Ratchet clause
The rate of use of electric energy; the time integral of the power.
Also called the rate schedule
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
10. The ________ is most easily obtained by taking the data for the 12- month period and calculating the cost over that period of time.
Transformers
Power factor
Average cost per kWh
Small industrial rate schedule
11. An ________ that controls demand is usually better then manual control or time clock control.
Transformers
Small industrial rate schedule
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
Energy management computer
12. The current required by induction motors - transformers - fluorescent lights - induction heating furnaces - resistance welders - etc is made up of three types of current _______.
Energy management computer
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
1. Power- producing current 2. Magnetizing current 3. Total current
Energy costs to continue to increase.
13. A ________ is usually available for small industrial users and large commercial users.
Utility rates
Transformers
Small industrial rate schedule
Electrical demand; electrical energy
14. ...instead of building new facilities - many utilities are urging their customers to reduce their ___so that the existing facilities will provide sufficient capacity.
The rate of return
Peak demand
Energy costs to continue to increase.
General service rate schedule
15. ________ vary greatly from utility to utility - but they all have a series of common features.
Meters
Electric rate structures
1. Power- producing current 2. Magnetizing current 3. Total current
The rate of return
16. Many utility rate structures have a ________ associated with their demand rate.
Ratchet clause
Incentives and rebates
Peak demand
General service rate schedule
17. Managers should know what electrical rate schedule they are under and how they are charged for the various components of their electrical bill: ________.
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
Average cost per kWh
Incentives and rebates
Demand billing
18. Installing their own ________ is often a significant cost- cutting opportunity for industrial users and should be explored.
Peak demand
Transformers
Electrical demand; electrical energy
Energy costs to continue to increase.
19. Understanding industrial rate structures mean understanding the concept of ________.
Demand billing
Electric rate structures
Residential - commercial; industrial
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
20. Although temporary increases in energy supplies may cause short term rate decreases or rate stability - the long- term prospect is for ________.
Rate hearing
Average cost per kWh
Energy management computer
Energy costs to continue to increase.
21. The billing procedure - _______ - should be designed to reflect the true costs of generating the electric power.
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
Electrical demand; electrical energy
Also called the rate schedule
Distillates or residuals
22. Understanding the difference between ____ - or power in kilowatts (kW) - and ____ - or consumption in kilowatt- hours (kWh) - will help you understand how electrical bills are computed.
Electrical demand; electrical energy
Peak demand
Average cost per kWh
The daily peaking
23. A ________ is used for commercial and small industrial users.
Utility rates
The daily peaking
Electrical demand; electrical energy
General service rate schedule
24. The typical customer class categories are ________ - ________ and ________.
Electric rate structures
Residential - commercial; industrial
Average cost per kWh
Rate hearing
25. ___is the ratio of real power being used in a circuit - expressed in watts or kilowatts - to the apparent pwr drawn from the power line - expressed in volt- amperes or kilovolt amperes.
Power factor
Utility rates
1. Power- producing current 2. Magnetizing current 3. Total current
Average cost per kWh