How to model a Utility Tariff with different schedules for Energy vs Demand
Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone could assist with utility tariff modeling- for a case that Energy Charges come with a different schedule compared to the Demand Charges.
My initial thought was about adding a second UtilityCost:Tariff object that could represent the demand schedule (and assign the energy schedule into the first UlityCost:Tariff object); and then create UtilityCost:Charge:Simple for both Energy and Demand.
However, this option did not work, as I have to leverage UtilityCost:Qualify, in order to be able to select between different scenarios with different demand thresholds. In other words, I have to stick into one UtilityCost:Tariff in order to takes benefits of UtilityCost:Qualify.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Could you explain a little more what you mean when you say "different schedules"?
Thank you so much for getting back to me. Sure! For instance, my winter schedule for Energy is like this (as you know, 1 stands for on-peak, 3, off-peak, and 4 :mid-peak):
Through: 5/31,
For: AllDays,
Until: 6:00,
3,
Until: 8:00,
4,
Until: 21:00,
1,
Until: 24:00,
4,
However, my Demand schedule for winter is:
on-peak at Weekdays (4-9 pm)
off-peak: all other hours
Thanks, Mohammad
Have you looked that E+ example files for tariffs? I'm (almost) certain that energy and demand schedules are independent of each other, and that you can set a schedule for each one