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Electro Industries/GaugeTech Doc # E151701 7-1
Chapter 7
Nexus® Meter’s Time-o of-U Use Function
7.1: Introduction
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A Time-of-Use (TOU) usage structure takes into account the quantity of energy used and the time at
which it was consumed. The Nexus® 1262/1272 meter’s TOU function, available with the
Communicator EXT software, is designed to accommodate a variety of programmable rate struc-
tures. The TOU function accumulates data based on the time-scheme programmed into the Nexus®
meter.
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See the Communicator EXT User Manual for details on programming the Nexus® 1262/1272
meter’s TOU calendar and retrieving TOU data.
7.2: The Nexus® Meter’s TOU Calendar
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A Nexus® meter’s TOU calendar sets the parameters for TOU data accumulation. You may store up
to twenty calendars in the Nexus® meter and an unlimited amount of calendar files on your
computer.
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The TOU calendar profile allows you to assign a programmable usage schedule —eg, “Weekday,”
“Weekend,” “Holiday”—to each day of the calendar year. You may create up to 16 different TOU
schedules.
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Each TOU schedule divides the 24-hour day into fifteen-minute intervals from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59.
You may apply one of eight different programmable registers —eg “Peak,” “Off Peak,” “Shoulder
Peak”— to each fifteen-minute interval.
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The Nexus® meter stores:
• accumulations on a seasonal basis, up to four seasons per year;
• accumulations on a monthly basis.
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Seasonal and monthly accumulations may span one year into the next. Each season and month is
defined by a programmable start/billing date, which is also the end-date of the prior season or month.
• A season ends at midnight of the day before the start of the next season.
• A month ends at midnight of the month’s billing day.
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If the year ends and there is no new calendar, TOU accumulations will stop. If a calendar is present
for the following year, TOU accumulations continue until the next monthly bill date or next
start-of-season is reached. Accumulation can span into the following year.
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If no following year is present, the last accumulation for the year will end on 12:31:23:59:59.