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