Lewis County PUDSchedule 82
POWER FACTOR PROVISIONS FOR POWER LOADS
APPLICABILITY:
All loads equivalent to 100 horsepower and over shall be subject to these provisions.
PROVISIONS:
Power factor shall be calculated using values from meters measuring kilowatt-hours and kilovoltampere-hours located at or near the point(s) of delivery. If the average power factor of power delivered to the purchaser during the month is 0.95 or more, no adjustment will be made in the purchaser’s billing demand. If such average power factor is less than 0.95, then the billing demand shall be adjusted by multiplying by 0.95 and dividing the result by the average power factor.
The District’s Manager is authorized in his sole discretion to waive, by power contract amendment or letter agreement, the foregoing billing demand adjustment for power factor in whole or in part in any month that the District is not assessed a power factor charge by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA).
If the BPA monthly power billings to the District include a charge calculated using a power factor ratchet, a proportionate share of this charge shall be passed on to the purchaser.
Unless specifically otherwise agreed, the District shall not be obligated to deliver power to the purchaser at any time at a power factor below 0.80. The formula for determining average power factor is as follows:
Average Power
Factor Equals: Kilowatt Hours
Ö[(Kilowatt Hours)2 + (Reactive Kilovoltamperehours)2]
In applying the above formula, the meter for measurement of reactive kilovoltamperehours will be ratcheted to prevent reverse registration.