RAIL TRANSIT ENERGY COST AND THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES' POWER RATE STRUCTURE
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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Supplemental Notes:
- IEEE Technical Papers presented at the 1986 Joint ASME/IEEE Railroad Conference held April 8-10, 1986, Omni International Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia.
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Corporate Authors:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Operations Center, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ United States 08855-1331 -
Authors:
- Uher, R A
- Sharma, O N
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1986
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 1-10
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cost allocation; Electric power supply; Light rail transit; Load factor; Public utilities; Rapid transit; Rates; Transit operating agencies
- Uncontrolled Terms: Utilities
- Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies
- Subject Areas: Energy; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00458887
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 86CH2313-5
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:44AM