What type of information does the individual graph represent?
Compare the monthly electricity use of the graph for year 1 and year 2. For those 2 years, what could have caused the difference in electricity use for June?
What was the total amount of kWh consumed in this billing period?
The minimum amount of electricity needed at any point is called the BASE LOAD.
With regards to Yr1, which month has the lowest kWh use?
What is the monthly average kWh?
The maximum amount of electricity needed at any point is called the PEAK LOAD.
With regards to Yr1, which month has the highest kWh use?
What is the monthly average kWh?
Using the base load and the peak load, energy providers predict the daily, monthly, and seasonal amount of electricity needed by their customers. (Hint: Subtract the Base load from the Peak load)
There are separate charges for the supply and the delivery of electricity. How do the Transmission Charges differ from the Distribution Service Charges?
With the Budget Billing option, annual Energy costs the averaged to create a balance, predictable monthly bill. How does this benefit customers?