5. Custom Electric Rates

Creating custom electric rate tariffs

REopt offers a number of ways to define the cost of electricity served by the local utility or other load serving entity in the Scenario.Site.ElectricTariff field of the API POST (inputs). You can specify annual or monthly values for energy and demand charges, a utility rate label for a rate defined in the Utility Rate Data Base, or a custom rate tariff defined in the Scenario.Site.ElectricTariff.urdb_response field.

The REopt web tool offers a user interface to create a custom rate tariff which can then be downloaded as a .json file and loaded into the POST in the Scenario.Site.ElectricTariff.urdb_response field.

Steps to create a rate:

1. Log into (or create) your user account
2. Click the "Custom Rates" tab in the upper-right and select "New Custom Rate"
3. Follow the instructions to create a custom rate which saves the rate to your account's "Saved Custom Rates"

Steps to access saved rates and download .json file:

1. Make sure you are logged your user account
2. Click the "Custom Rates" tab in the upper-right and select "Saved Custom Rates"
3. Click "Download JSON" for the rate you want

Steps to add your custom rate to your POST

1. Load in the .json file of the custom rate and assign it to the Scenario.Site.ElectricTariff.urdb_response field of the POST.