Energy Management Manual for Arena and Rink Operators
Section 1 Electrical and Natural Gas Rates
Electrical rates
In most skating and curling rinks, the largest single operating cost is the monthly utility bills. Knowing how you are charged will help you identify potential energy savings, which will help you save money.
Terminology
The following are some of the key terms used to describe the electrical energy billed to your facility:
- Kilowatt-hours (kWh) Electrical energy consumption is measured in kilowatt-hours. For example, a 2-kilowatt appliance operating for five hours consumes 10 kWh of electrical energy.
- Kilovolt-ampere (kVA) Electrical demand is measured in kilovolt-amperes. It is voltage, multiplied by current, divided by 1,000. In most facilities and applications, the total power measured in kilowatts is the same or close to the kVA demand (when the power factor equals 1, then kVA=kW).
- Basic Monthly Charge The basic monthly charge is the fixed monthly amount that is charged for each service. It covers the cost of billing, meter reading and account administration.
- Billing Multiplier A billing multiplier is applied to your bill when there is a difference between the units the meter uses to measure electricity consumption and the actual electricity consumed. For example, if a billing multiplier is 180, the meter would record only one kilowatt-hour for every 180 kilowatt-hours consumed.
- Cost of Electricity The amount charged for total energy consumption each billing period.
- First Block rate The amount charged for the first block of energy consumption for each billing period.
- Balance (or runoff) rate The amount charged for the last block of energy consumption for each billing period.
- Demand Charge The amount charged for the peak amount of power supplied during each billing period measured in kVA.
- Municipal Surcharge SaskPower collects on behalf of urban municipalities a 5 or 10 per cent surcharge amount that is applied to the total electrical charges.
- Goods and Services Tax SaskPower collects and remits the Goods and Service Tax (GST) to Canada Revenue Agency. The GST applies to the total of Electrical Charges.
General service rates
Effective February 1, 2007 there are two rate structures for Saskatchewan urban and rural skating and curling rinks – the Standard General Service and the Small General Service rates.
The Small General Service rate is for facilities with a monthly electrical demand not exceeding 75 kVA. The Standard General Service rate is for all accounts that do not qualify for the Small General Service rate.
SaskPower electrical rates as of February 1, 2007
| Monthly Basic Charges: | Urban | Rural |
| Small General Service | $ 18.92 (E75) | $ 27.45 (E76) |
| Standard General Service | $ 33.92 (E05) | $ 41.80 (E06) |
| Plus | ||
| Energy Charge: | ||
| Small General Service rate | ||
| First 14,500 kWh @ | 8.57¢/kWh | First 13,250 kWh@ 9.17¢/kWh |
| Balance of kWh @ | 5.153¢/kWh | Balance of kWh@ 5.109¢/kWh |
| Standard General Service rate | ||
| First 16,750 kWh @ | 8.31¢/kWh | First 15,500@ 8.56¢/kWh |
| Balance of kWh @ | 5.139¢/kWh | Balance of kWh@ 5.133¢/kWh |
| Plus | ||
| Demand Charge: | ||
| Small General Service rate | ||
| First 50kVA of monthly | ||
| recorded demand @ | No charge | No charge |
| Balance @ | $ 10.38/kVA | $ 10.95/kVA |
| Standard General Service rate | ||
| First 50kVA of monthly | ||
| recorded demand @ | No charge | No charge |
| Balance @ | $ 10.71/kVA | $ 11.08/kVA |
For information on the current rate structure for your facilities, please contact SaskPower at: 1-888-SKPOWER (757-6937).
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