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