E-Mon Energy Software - Manual (Page 120)

Section 12
Rate Table and TOU Schedule
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What Is a Rate Table and TOU Schedule?
The Rate Table and Time-of-Use (TOU) Schedule both work hand-in-hand with the billing, reporting, and
monitoring features. In preparation for generating bills, you must setup your Schedule and your Rate table for the
TOU schedule.
The TOU Schedule, allows you to setup your time-periods for capturing consumption occurring at various times of
the day, week, month, and season. A typical TOU schedule would have on-peak and off-peak usage and demand.
Some would have weekdays, weekends, and holidays. Others would also have summer, winter, spring, and falls.
Another somewhat different type of schedule is tier. The tier imposes limits on energy usage. It sets the different
usage range to be charged at different rates. (e.g. The first 200 kWh costs $0.025 per kWh, anything over costs
$0.012 per kWh.) This is an example of a 2-tier. There are different flavors of tiers – 2, 3, or 4 levels. Some also
calculates the tier limits based on the kW demand. (e.g. The first 25 kWh per kW Demand cost $0.020 per kWh,
anything over costs $0.015.) This is an example of a 2-tier per kW Demand. Note: In this example, if the kW
Demand is 15 kW, the first tier would be 375 kWh (or 25 kWh times 15 kW).
The Rate Table allows you to setup the cost associates with the consumption for the various time-periods according
to the TOU schedule. The setup screen for entering the rates is based on the TOU schedule you use.
E-Mon Energy™ supports multiple TOU schedules and Rate tables. Using the Database window, you can assign the
TOU schedule and Rate table setup to the whole group of meters, the whole location of meters, and/or to each meter
individually. Note: You can assign up to 4 different TOU schedules within the same bill cycle name.