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NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
Hi,
I'm involved in a project which will regularly use a diesel generator for peak shaving.
May I use this strategy ir order to verify compliance with EA.p2 and take credit in EA.C1?
My idea was to consider, when the generator operates, the diesel cost and when it does't, the eletricity cost.
Is this approach ok?
Thanks.
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Marcus Sheffer
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August 30, 2013 - 11:43 am
You can do so.
You will need to model the diesel fuel consumed and apply the diesel cost to that consumption. The electricity produced by the generator would be subtracted from the total electric consumption to derive the total electricity purchased from the grid. The rate for the electricity produced should be the virtual electric rate from the Proposed model.
I would recommend that you should do this as an exceptional calculation under Section 1.7 of the prerequisite form and show your assumptions and calculations.