Grid capacity & congestion

Capacity research

A large business connection is billed on two power components: the contracted transport capacity you declare to the grid operator, and the measured monthly peak on that connection. Capacity research establishes both, and the distance between them, which is either room you are paying for and not using, or a risk of exceeding what you contracted.

What the research establishes

Two figures on the bill, not one

Below is an illustrative year of the two power components a large business connection is billed on: the contracted transport capacity, declared once, and the measured peak, recorded every month.

Illustrative example, not a real client report

The situation

Picture a connection whose bill rests on two numbers. One you declare to the grid operator yourself. The other the meter records again every month. The distance between them is either room you are paying for and not using, or the risk of exceeding what you contracted.

Contracted transport capacity260 kW

Highest monthly peak (kWmax)272 kW

Peak recordedOnce per month

Months above contract1 of 12

Every month sets its own figure

The measured peak is recorded per month, so a single quarter hour in October sets the figure billed for October, not an annual average.

The distance runs both ways

July sits 100 kW under the contracted capacity, which is room being paid for and not used. October sits above it, which is the other risk.

Figures are illustrative, built to show the method. They are not measurements from an actual connection.

How we approach it

From question to execution

01
We read the interval data of your connection and your contracted values.
02
We determine actual peaks, their timing and their cause.
03
We test what is possible within your current connection, with and without measures.
04
You receive a substantiated picture of room, risk and options.

What it yields

This is what changes for you

Real use versus contracted capacity made visible
Grounds for lower grid costs or for growth without upgrade
The starting point for every congestion solution

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