Tariff

A Tariff is a way a retailer charges a customer for their energy

usage

Types:
Flat Demand Rate
Straight Line meter Rate
Block meter Rate
Hopkinson demand Rate or Two part Tariff
Doherty rate or Three part Tariff
Flat Demand Rate:
Flat demand tariff this is one of the oldest tariff schemes of
charging the consumption.

Charging depends only on the connected load(maximum

demand)and fixed number of hours of use per month or year.

The Flat demand rate is expressed as follows

E= Ax
Where E – Total amount of bill for the period considered
A – Rate per KW of maximum demand
x – Maximum demand in KW

App: Street-lighting.
Supplies of irrigation tube wells
Straight Line meter Rate:
It depends on the amount of total energy consumed by the
consumer in Kwh.
The Straight line meter rate is expressed as follows
E= By
Where B- Energy rate per Kwh
y – Energy consumed in Kwh during the period.

Block meter rate:

Overcome difficulty of Straight line meter.
Rate of unit charges decreases with increase in energy
consumption.
Hopkinson demand rate or two
part tariff:
Its charging depends on the maximum
demand and energy consumed.
App: Industrial consumer

Doherty rate or three part

tariff:
Consumer need to pay fixed amount in
addition to maximum demand and
energy consumed.