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