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Electricity Bills Explained: Flat Rates & Demand Charges AUSTRALIA
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- čas přidán 8. 01. 2024
- The information included in this video is for Queensland, Australia residents. Electricity bills will vary state to state, so please keep this in mind when completing your research.
This video forms part two of our QLD Bill Hunter series, where we are on the lookout for the worst electricity bill in QLD. Think you might have the worst bill? Submit it to us (link below) and we will review, provide an analysis, and offer recommendations for how you can save money.
This series will explore five different types of electricity bills and tariffs:
1. Flat rates and off-peak charges ( • Electricity Bills Expl... )
2. Flat rates with demand charges
3. Commercial demand ( • Electricity Bills Expl... )
4. Electricity bills when you have a solar system ( • Electricity Bills Expl... )
5. Electricity bills when you have a solar system and a battery ( • Electricity Bills Expl... )
Flat rates, off-peak charges, and demand charges are some of the most common electricity bill tariffs you will in residential households. We share two examples in the above video, the first being a flat rate bill with off-peak and demand charges, and the second example being a flat rate bill with demand charges only. Both of these bills belong to two of our real-life QLD customers who later had us install solar energy systems at their properties.
Prefer to read rather than watch? We break down these bills in our blog. Link below.
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A couple of questions for you Eddie.
We are now being hit with demand charges and it is supposedly the highest average 15mins usage between 4pm & 9pm for the month, what does this actually mean? ie. If I turn the air-conditioner off between 4:01pm - 4:14pm and the house hold usage is 0 after this (all month) because our battery is covering household usage will I be charged a fee for demand or do they average it over that 15 mins?
Also we are being charged a daily metering fee and we get billed monthly but the demand charge is only billed to us on every second bill, so no demand one month but then last months and current months on the next bill, is this normal?
Finally and this may be something you can answer in one of your up coming vid's, can we program our Tesla Powerwall to be fully charged at 4pm even if it has to charge from the grid and then at 4pm the house switches to being powered by the battery? Currently we have to do this via the Tesla app and some times we miss it or we can't connect to the app if the weather is bad or internet is down.
And 1 extra question, that I just thought of, we have Solar hot water and it is backed up by mains if there has not been enough sun on the roof during the day, this seems to kick in just after 4pm some days especially during Winter and can add to the demand usage if we don't catch it and it runs the battery dry before 9pm, can we install something that limits the hot water system to not draw power from the grid between 4pm & 9pm and if it has to it can automatically charge after 9pm?
Enjoying the series, you are doing a great job as always!
Hey, thanks for watching! Some good questions there.
1. If your demand charge is the highest average 15mins usage for that peak period (4-9pm), then yes, your monthly demand charge will be multiplied by your kW usage across that 15-minute period where you drew the most electricity from the grid. If your battery is covering the loads during this period though and you draw 0kW from the grid, then your demand charge will be very low to none.
2. A daily metering fee is normal. Normally demand charge is billed quarterly so I am unsure what they are doing here.
3. Yes, you can program your Tesla Powerwall from the app to reach 100% reserve capacity by a specified time every day. You can do this in the settings of the Tesla App. Settings -> Powerwall -> Time-Based Control. This will discharge your battery in peak periods and charge it back up with excess solar and low-cost energy from the grid at any other time of day. We have a Tesla App guide here: czcams.com/video/gr4wFJj42dM/video.html
4. For your hot water system, it sounds like you'd benefit from a simple timer installed in the switchboard with a contactor to control the hot water. These analogue timers can be set so no power can go to the hot water system between 4-9pm. Outside of these times, it will run and can be overridden if you really need the hot water during the peak period.
Hope this helps. If you're in SE QLD, we'd be happy to take a look at your bill and provide some more guidance.
Cheers,
Eddie Springer