N20 LV Seasonal TOU Demand — Embedded Network tariff guide
Who this is for
Main connections for embedded networks above 160 MWh a year at low voltage.
How the bill works
You pay fixed and energy charges. The bill also uses the highest kVA reading in set periods.
What solar changes
Solar can reduce daytime grid use. If the highest kVA reading occurs after solar output falls, solar alone will not remove it. Solar does not correct poor power factor.
What a battery changes
A battery can reduce the active-power part of the kVA peak. Check power factor before you size it.
Check before you model
- Confirm this code on a current retailer bill.
- Use 12 months of interval data. Check the time of each billed peak.
- Get kW, kVA and power-factor data from the billing meter.
- Use data from the embedded network parent meter.
The price signal behind this code
Network rates only. These are not retail electricity prices.
Published network rates
- Daily
- 2655.4 c/day
- High-season peak
- 6.71264 c/kWh
- Low-season peak
- 6.08124 c/kWh
- Off-peak
- 4.66752 c/kWh
- High-season demand
- 58.421 c/kVA/day
- Low-season demand
- 53.163 c/kVA/day
When it applies
Large-demand periods apply. Peak is 16:00–20:00 on business days. All other times are off-peak. Demand is set from a 30-minute interval in the peak period.
Reduce an N20 parent-meter kVA peak
- The parent-meter billed peak falls by 50 kVA.
- The reduction holds for the full 30-minute peak interval.
- The high-season month has 31 days.
50 kVA × 58.421 c/kVA/day × 31 days ÷ 100$905.53 difference in the network demand component for that month.A later parent-meter peak can set a new maximum. Child-meter reductions only help when they reduce the coincident parent peak.