What is Demand and How am I Charged?
The actual demand amount charged on your bill will be the highest demand for your service over a 60-minute period during the billing month.
Demand, measured in kilowatts (kW), is the rate at which power is consumed. 1 kW is equivalent to 1,000 watts. Energy, on the other hand, is measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and represents the total amount of electricity consumed over the billing period.
Demand charges are calculated using the single highest 60-minute interval of power consumption over the billing cycle multiplied by the current per kW rate.
How To Use the Energy Demand Calculator
To get an idea of how stacking the use of household appliances affects your demand charges, select the appliances your household tends to use at the same time. It's easy to see how using multiple appliances at once can quickly add up. By toggling on and off appliances in this online estimator, you can see how staggering the use of large appliances can help you manage your energy use and save on demand charges.
Note: Off-peak meters are excluded from demand charges.
The Demand Calculator is for informational purposes only and displays the estimated wattage of common appliances on Beltrami Electric's Standard Residential rate and does not include Energy Charges or Access Charges.
