HOMER Knowledge Base
Adding a tariff in HOMER Grid
We have integrated with a third party tariff database which provides us tariffs for US, Canada, and Mexico for commercial and industrial tariffs. HOMER Grid also allows you to add a tariff to your model in several ways. Click on an option in the table below to learn more about it.
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Ways to add a tariff to your Model |
Best suited when |
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Your tariff is either in US/Canada/ Mexico | |
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You could not use Choose Tariff option, and your tariff is simple tariff comprising of only 1 flat energy rate, 1 demand rate and 1 fixed rate | |
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Your tariff is complex, and you need to create your tariff from scratch using the Tariff Builder | |
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Tariff Builder (Advanced) |
You have not been able to find your tariff in the Choose Tariff option or your tariff is more complex than what the Build Tariff option provides. This stand-alone application is best suited for creating tariffs with tiered, TOU, ratchet rates, contracted demand, importing real time prices, defining holidays etc |
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You have two tariff (in a json format), one for the network rates and another for the retailer rates, and you need to combine them into one single tariff. |