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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. Many utility rate structures have a ________ associated with their demand rate.
Average cost per kWh
Ratchet clause
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
Transformers
2. 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.
Also called the rate schedule
Electric rate structures
Incentives and rebates
3. The billing procedure - _______ - should be designed to reflect the true costs of generating the electric power.
Also called the rate schedule
The rate of return
The daily peaking
Peak demand
4. Understanding industrial rate structures mean understanding the concept of ________.
1. Power- producing current 2. Magnetizing current 3. Total current
Demand billing
Average cost per kWh
The daily peaking
5. ________ vary greatly from utility to utility - but they all have a series of common features.
The daily peaking
Electric rate structures
Average cost per kWh
Residential - commercial; industrial
6. A ________ is used for commercial and small industrial users.
General service rate schedule
Ratchet clause
Transformers
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
7. ...instead of building new facilities - many utilities are urging their customers to reduce their ___so that the existing facilities will provide sufficient capacity.
1. Power- producing current 2. Magnetizing current 3. Total current
Peak demand
Ratchet clause
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
8. To handle the ________ - some utilities charge more for energy consumed during peak times.
Demand billing
Average cost per kWh
Meters
The daily peaking
9. The current required by induction motors - transformers - fluorescent lights - induction heating furnaces - resistance welders - etc is made up of three types of current _______.
1. Power- producing current 2. Magnetizing current 3. Total current
General service rate schedule
Peak demand
Small industrial rate schedule
10. Typical actions to reduce kWh consumption involve ________ - ________ and ________.
Ratchet clause
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
Average cost per kWh
Utility rates
11. Many utility rate structures include ________ and ________ for customers to replace old - energy inefficient equipment with newer - more efficient models.
Rate hearing
Meters
Incentives and rebates
Residential - commercial; industrial
12. ____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.
Energy costs to continue to increase.
Transformers
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
Utility rates
13. A ________ is usually available for small industrial users and large commercial users.
Small industrial rate schedule
The rate of return
Also called the rate schedule
Distillates or residuals
14. The profit level for private utility companies is determined by the state utility regulatory commission and is called ________.
Peak demand
The rate of return
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
Utility rates
15. ________ form the interface between the utility company and customer.
Meters
Incentives and rebates
Demand - consumption - power factor - sales tax - etc.
Utility rates
16. An ________ that controls demand is usually better then manual control or time clock control.
Energy management computer
General service rate schedule
Also called the rate schedule
Distillates or residuals
17. The ________ is most easily obtained by taking the data for the 12- month period and calculating the cost over that period of time.
Small industrial rate schedule
Residential - commercial; industrial
Average cost per kWh
Demand billing
18. In analytical terms - power is ________ - and conversely - energy the ________.
Power factor
Average cost per kWh
The rate of use of electric energy; the time integral of the power.
Also called the rate schedule
19. 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
Electric rate structures
Peak demand
Also called the rate schedule
20. Installing their own ________ is often a significant cost- cutting opportunity for industrial users and should be explored.
Transformers
Residential - commercial; industrial
Rate hearing
Replacing existing lights with more efficient types; replacing electrical heating; cooling equipment with more efficient models...
21. Many large utility customers participate actively in the ________ for their utility.
Residential - commercial; industrial
Utility rates
Rate hearing
The rate of return
22. Although temporary increases in energy supplies may cause short term rate decreases or rate stability - the long- term prospect is for ________.
Energy costs to continue to increase.
The rate of return
Power factor
Demand billing
23. ___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.
Energy costs to continue to increase.
Residential - commercial; industrial
Power factor
Also called the rate schedule
24. Fuel oils are classified as ________ or ________.
Distillates or residuals
Peak demand
Also called the rate schedule
Meters
25. The typical customer class categories are ________ - ________ and ________.
The rate of use of electric energy; the time integral of the power.
Utility rates
Residential - commercial; industrial
Small industrial rate schedule