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Unmetered Rate Application Guidelines

Services for which electricity consumption is uniform and easily estimated.

Services where metering is not considered practical by NB Power.

Specific Applications of the unmetered rate include:

• traffic control lights
• self-contained sign lighting
• architectural flood lighting
• decorative lighting
• carrier repeaters
• radio transmitters
• telephone booths
• range lights
• airport runway lights
• highway traffic counters
• CATV power supply units
  

Electricity consumption is estimated by multiplying the connected load in watts times the hours of usage. For example, a photoelectrically controlled 100 Watt sign light operates approximately 12 hours per day, has an estimated annual consumption calculated as follows:

100 watts x 12 hours x 365 days = 438,000 watt-hours or 438 kWh per year.

If conditions are such as to cause reasonable doubt concerning the connected load, recording equipment will be installed to determine the kW connected load.

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