One peak. Twelve months of billing.
Demand charges, ratchet floors, and power-factor penalties: see what's real and what's overbilling.
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Demand & ratchet analysis
Con Edison · Schedule GS-3 · billed on 15-min peak demand
Metro Center · New York, NYAcct #5521Ratchet: 80% of summer peak
BETA
Summer peak (sets the ratchet)
26400 kWJul
Billed demand floor
21120 kW11 months locked
Trapped by the ratchet (yr)
$975,240Reviewable
Billed vs. actual peak demand (kW) · trailing 12 months
Actual peak Billed, not used Ratchet floor
27,00018,0009,0000
Ratchet floor · 21120 kW
Peak
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun
Contract demand surcharge
$726,000
Actual demand is running far below contracted capacity. The demand ratchet holds billing at 21,120 kW while actual use runs as low as 12,800 kW — reviewable for a capacity re-rate.
Power-factor penalty
Reactive
7,497 kVAR
Power factor
0.91
Monthly penalty
$111,060
Bill share
60%
of an industrial bill can be demand + power factor
Peak lock
12 mo
a single peak can lock billing demand
Monitoring
24/7
continuous demand-charge monitoring
How it works
Recalculate. Flag. Fix.
12 mo
ratchet lock-in
Manage Ratchets & Contract Demand
800%+
spikes in PF cost
Catch power-factor penalties
2
paths to savings
Recover the overbilling—or shift the profile
One peak, one cost
One summer spike. Twelve months of ratchet.
For a full 12 months after the peak, you're billed on that locked-in floor even though actual demand drops 40%. Clear Current recalculates it and flags every month the ratchet is misapplied.
The rest of the platform
One system. Six ways in.
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