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On your electricity bills, thousands of dollars each year are made up from capacity charges. Capacity charges are calculated by how much power you are using during peak demand times. We warn you if one of these peak demand times could be today or tomorrow. If you can reduce your power usage during peak demand times, your share for the entire year will be reduced. Saving you thousands!
The capacity charge is one of the components that makes up your business electricity charges each month. The charge is in place by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to ensure that there is sufficient generation capacity in the Western Power electricity network during peak demand times.
Typically, the middle of the hot season is when the electricity grid is at peak demand. The 12 highest peak demand intervals on the grid are recorded and then used for calculating your capacity charges for the year. The capacity charge year starts on October 1st each year.
If you can reduce your site capacity during these 12 peak demand periods, you can reduce your capacity costs. A 50% reduction in your average capacity would mean a 50% reduction in your capacity costs.
Capacity costs are only a portion of the bill. For unbundled business tariffs, the average capacity cost equates to 5-7 cents per unit of power used accross the entire year.
