[RE-wrenches] $300 + transmission fee!

[pgiroux at mindspring.com]

Drake

  AEP should be able to provide your client ( if they are the one asking ) with a real time readout showing the "spike / load increase " and what actual equipment they had to install. Sounds a bit dodgy. What's next, special fees for homeowners who kick on the well pump flushing a toilet while using a hairdryer at the same time?

Peter Giroux
ASAE

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Subject: [RE-wrenches] $300 + transmission fee!

Hello All,

A system we installed several years ago is on an old school building that has been repurposed to office space and small shops. The loads are very small. The electric bill, during the short days of the year with lots of clouds (very little solar), was around $30.

Suddenly the electric bill came with a $300+ fee for transmission. AEP claimed that the load, at some point, went over a certain amount of power, so that the company had to charge for equipment that would handle that load year around. No equipment changes have been made. The service is 200 A.

Has anyone else encountered this? I wonder if there is any other type of rate schedule the building could be put on to eliminate this problem. 
AEP is not forthcoming about rate schedules or this issue.

Thanks,

Drake

Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric LLC
Ohio Electrical Contractor’s License 44810 NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional




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