Electric Bills 101
For Solar Professionals

Topics covered in the video:

  • 1:33   End of Intro
  • 2:31   The Watt
  • 2:51   The Kilowatt Hour
  • 4:07   Energy Load of a House
  • 4:46   Load Stacking
  • 5:16   The Load Curve
  • 5:46   Example Load Curve for a House
  • 6:29   Example Load Curve for a Small Business
  • 7:12   Example Load Curve for a Factory
  • 7:36     How Utilities Bill
  • 8:06     The Rate Schedule
  • 8:31     Load Curve Properties and Utility Billing
  • 9:16     The Demand Charge
  • 10:03   The Energy Charge
  • 10:37   The Customer Charge
  • 12:12   The Time of Use Rate Schedule
  • 13:34   The Tiered Rate Schedule
  • 15:33   Flat Rate Utility Billing
  • 16:24   Utility Billing w/ Demand Charge
  • 17:12   Utility Billing w/ Time of Use Rates
  • 18:30   Utility Billing w/ Tiered Rates
  • 19:30   Bill Savings With Solar
  • 20:53   Solar and the Demand Charge
  • 21:44   Solar and the Time of Use Rate
  • 22:34   Solar and the Tiered Rate
  • 23:12   Bill Savings With Solar Conclusion


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