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Rate Plans with Tier-Based Pricing
Rate plans in Siebel Energy can accommodate complex product bundles and pricing schemes. Administrators set up root products with the usage products as subcomponents. Each product must have a Service Type field value, such as Electricity or Gas, to limit the price comparison to the correct product category. Administrators can set up rate plans to reflect variations in service, region, time of the day (for example, day, night, or weekends), time of the year (for example, summer or winter), payment methods, payment duration, credit risk, and so on. The administrator can extend this list by adding attributes to the appropriate product class. Pricing managers set up utility rate plans. These rate plans can cover electricity, gas, or dual fuel, and so on, with a standing charge or with no standing charge. Different combinations of attributes give rise to different rates within the same rate plan. These complex rate plans are usually maintained in external billing and pricing applications. The rate plans are matched up with the actual consumer usage when the external application generates a utilities bill. The following topics show examples of rate plans for various energy products:
Electrical Service Rate Plans
Table 14 describes sample electrical service rate plans. In the table, the tier numbers are kilowatt hours (KWh), and the pricing values are the costs for each kilowatt hour. The class is Electricity.
Table 14. Electrical Rate Plan Examples
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Tier Numbers and Pricing Values |
Tier Attributes and Values |
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Electric
StandardWith
StandingCharge |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
15.00 for each month |
StandardWith
StandingCharge
Usage |
1 thru 1000 - 0.12 1001 thru 2000 - 0.00 Above 2000 - 0.00 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Threshold |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.10 1001 thru 2000 - 0.08 Above 2000 - 0.05 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Peak |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.08 1001 thru 2000 - 0.05 Above 2000 - 0.03 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Off Peak |
0 |
Electric
StandardWithNo
StandingCharge |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
0 for each month |
StandardWithNo
StandingCharge
Usage |
1 thru 1000 - 0.12 1001 thru 2000 - 0.00 Above 2000 - 0.00 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Threshold |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.10 1001 thru 2000 - 0.08 Above 2000 - 0.05 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Peak |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.08 1001 thru 2000 - 0.05 Above 2000 - 0.03 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Off Peak |
0 |
Gas Service Rate Plans
Table 15 describes sample gas service rate plans. In the table, the tier numbers are therms, and the pricing values are the costs for each therm. The class is Gas.
Table 15. Gas Rate Plan Examples
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Tier Numbers and Pricing Values |
Tier Attributes and Values |
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GasWith
StandingCharge |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
10.00 for each month |
GasWith
StandingCharge
Usage |
1 thru 1000 - 0.12 1001 thru 2000 - 0.00 Above 2000 - 0.00 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Threshold |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.10 1001 thru 2000 - 0.08 Above 2000 - 0.05 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Peak |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.08 1001 thru 2000 - 0.05 Above 2000 - 0.03 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Off Peak |
0 |
GasWithNo
StandingCharge |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
(See the following cells.) |
0 for each month |
GasWithNo
StandingCharge
Usage |
1 thru 1000 - 0.12 1001 thru 2000 - 0.00 Above 2000 - 0.00 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Threshold |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.10 1001 thru 2000 - 0.08 Above 2000 - 0.05 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Peak |
0 |
1 thru 1000 - 0.08 1001 thru 2000 - 0.05 Above 2000 - 0.03 |
Region - North MeterType - Credit PaymentType - Automatic Debit Usage Type - Off Peak |
0 |
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