Breaking Down Demand Charges

Tariff Categories- When Electric Utilities look to craft their rate structures (tariffs) to submit for their State’s Public Utility Commission approval, they seek to cover costs and earn a rate of return for various types of services.  First, they must ensure they...

Time of Use Electricity Tariffs

Electric Distribution entities across the US of all types (IOUs, Municipals, Cooperatives, and Government Agencies) have adopted similar pricing structures to serve their customers within their franchise service territories.  These “tariffs” typically incorporate...

Top 20 – 2021 Battery Locations in ERCOT

We took another look at the most profitable locations for a one-hour battery over the past year (excluding the craziness going on in February!).  One region we did not expect dominated the top 20 locations.  Register for the Clarity Grid mailing list below to get the...

First Half of 2021 Nodal Updates

First Half of 2021 Nodal Updates For years economists and other market researchers, suspicious of official government statistics, have watched Chinese electric consumption figures to more accurately gauge economic growth.  The thinking being that such figures as power...

Clarity Grid releases its Nodal Library

Clarity Grid Solutions maintains a library of over 8,500 Tariffs from over 1,500 individual Distribution Utilities serving the lower 48 US States. Since distribution territory is typically defined by zip code these tariff sets are accessible on Clarity GIS Bing Maps...