Because of the rapid increase in electric bills of rail transit systems in the United States, energy management is becoming more of a necessity than an option. Part of a vigorous energy management program, which includes energy cost reduction through energy conservation and load management, is the negotiation of fair power rate structures with the electric utilities serving the transit systems. The power rate structures of eleven rail transit authorities were surveyed. This survey covered the major rail transit authorities in the United States. Many power rate structures of rail transit bear little relation to the electric utility's cost to serve the rail system. A philosophy of fair rate structure for rail systems has been developed and applied to several cases. The application has met with success, but is only a good start in the exploitation of the rate intervention component of energy cost reduction.


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    Title :

    Rail transit energy cost and the electric utilities' power rate structure


    Additional title:

    Energiekosten fuer den Schienendurchgangsverkehr und die Energiepreisstruktur der Elektrizitaetsversorgungsunternehmen


    Contributors:
    Uher, R.A. (author) / Sharma, O.N. (author)


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 7 Tabellen, 3 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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