Productivity
Audit commercial utility bills
Demand charges, rate class and the pattern that is costing money.
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Twelve months if you have them.
Often more than half the bill and driven by a few minutes.
Businesses stay on the wrong tariff for years.
Your prompt
Audit the bills in . Analyse the DEMAND charges separately. On a commercial account they are often more than half the bill, they are set by the single worst fifteen minutes of the month, and almost nobody looks at them because the consumption number is the one on the front page. Check the rate class against the actual usage pattern. Businesses stay on the tariff they were put on at connection for years after their load changed, and switching is paperwork rather than capital. Look for power factor penalties, meter multipliers applied wrongly, and estimated reads that never got trued up. Quantify each finding annually, and separate what needs a phone call from what needs equipment.
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Why this works
Demand charges are often more than half a commercial bill, are set by the worst fifteen minutes of the month, and almost nobody looks at them. This analyses them separately and checks the rate class, which businesses stay wrong on for years.