What is an energy policy that bussiness organizations have and what does it have to do with electricity usage?
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An energy policy is a policy regarding how much energy they will use. A company will try and cut back on the current amount of energy used, by doing this such as installing energy efficient light bulbs, windows for natural light, and other things (such as motion detectors on lights). At first upgrading to these energy efficient products will have a higher capital cost than the actual money saved, but over time the upgrades will save way more than they cost. It is also helpful to the environment, because they will use a lot less energy, reducing pollution.
Simple, any business whould feel that energy saving is important. Energy means cost, and the cost of energy will get higher and higher because of energy scarcity. What's more, energy production, including electricity, has its own environmental effect (one example: Aswan reservoir) . Diesel power plant...well...you know the pollution. Even the renewable energy source like windmills could harm birds. I think the electricity production from geothermal is the most environmentally friendly. Well, although electricity is "greener" than..say..coal, kerosene, or gas, it has a problem with its efficiency. The longer the route it takes to produce energy from energy source to user, the more the amount of electricity that lost.
Different ones have different policies
Here is an example from a water utility in California.
to provide water to customers water must be moved from its source to the customers tap. gravity is used to provide the pressure at your home- so water must be pumped up into elevated tanks.
this takes tremendous amounts of energy. water usage (demand) is greatest during the daytime. if you wanted to meet that demand at the time of use, you would have to pump during the day- and the pumps would be off at night.
ok, heres the more complicated part of the story. most power plants do not operate (or operate at lower capacity) at night- especially in hot areas. thats because most electricity is used during the day. in some areas there are power plants that ONLY operate during the day, these are called peak plants because they are there to meet the peak of demand( during the day). this means two things.
1. because demand is greater during the day and more resources are needed to meet that demand- energy is more expensive during the day. power companies charge less for electricity at night.
2. if we can lower daytime electricity use- we won't need any (or maybe just less) peak plants.
ok, back to water. this water utility has a policy that says that all pumping should take place at night. so the elevated tanks are built large enough to hold one days supply of water (plus enough to fight fires). the tank drains during the day and fills at night. thereby saving on energy costs- and indirectly preventing more peak powerlants from being built.
additionaly, pumping of water is the #1 use of electricty in california! so water conservation = energy conservation. for those of you who are looking for ways to shrink your carbon footprint- look at ways to reduce your water usage.
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