Track
WattShaver RTP tracks Georgia Power Real Time Pricing (RTP) on an ongoing basis and watches for prices above a threshold you specify. You can quickly see Georgia Power’s price predictions 5 days in advance. Alerts can be sent by email or text message for higher-than-normal prices. When prices are locked in at 5 PM, WattShaver will calculate your facility’s electricity cost and savings opportunity for the next day based on typical use. Knowing these costs in advance is better than getting a billing surprise at the end of the month.
Control
WattShaver RTP can manage your electricity use during high-energy price periods. By identifying critical periods, cost savings can be achieved by turning off discretionary loads, dimming lighting, load cycling, enabling on-site generation, or using energy storage including batteries and thermal storage.
Communicate
WattShaver RTP can communicate future and historical electricity costs to all levels of your organization. Communication of tomorrow’s risks and costs is key to controlling them. WattShaver dashboard graphs and analytics tell the story of what the risk is. Graphs can be downloaded to PowerPoint for presentation to peers.
If you are not yet on an RTP rate structure but are thinking about switching your facility to one, WattShaver can help you best prepare for the switch. Contact us for more info on how WattShaver can help take advantage of this rate structure!
How Does It Work?
- GA Power establishes a “Baseline Usage” for your facility drawn from normal patterns of electrical usage for your specific case.
- Within this established baseline of expected electrical usage moving forward, you accept a proposed low electrical billing rate.
- Subsequent monthly usage is compared to that baseline and all usage within the baseline is charged at the low billing rate.
- Any usage above the expected baseline usage will be billed at a fluctuating Real Time Price rate.
- This fluctuating Real Time Price can change drastically depending on the expected energy demands of all GA Power customers at a given time.
GA Power forecasts pricing five days in advance, but only locks in the real-time rate at 5 PM on the day before, leaving you a short window to react. It is crucial to be notified automatically when this pricing exceeds your budget threshold.
Learn Your Rates
WattShaver RTP Module will learn your rate structure, preview the posted GA Power rates specific to your plan and automate warnings and alerts for you so that you don’t have to remember to constantly check another system.
GA Power RTP plan requires an NDA agreement as pricing forecasts and related information are not to be used for public dissemination.
