Plating Power Optimizer

Built around the verified LES 2026 retail tariff, the 65% summer demand ratchet, and power-factor penalties.

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Combined annual savings vs current state i
Tier 1 ยท Software$โ€”
Tier 2 ยท + Aux loads$โ€”
Tier 3 ยท + Hardware$โ€”

Rate class comparison i

Annual total bill (Tier 3, optimized) for each scenario ร— rate class. Click any cell to switch the active context. โš  flags scenarios that don't meet a rate class's eligibility โ€” shown for comparison only.

Monthly bill โ€” current state vs Tier 3 i

12 months of bills. Note how summer peaks anchor the ratchet floor for the next 11 months โ€” that's why January's billing demand may still be high.

Power factor & excess kVAR i

LLP customers pay $2.60/kVAR above the 0.93 PF threshold. GSD customers don't see this charge.

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Current PF (SCR baseline)
0.93
LES threshold
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Excess kVAR / month
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Penalty avoided (capacitor bank)

Rectifier upgrade โ€” SCR vs IGBT (per plating line) i

Modern high-frequency IGBT switch-mode rectifiers vs legacy SCR thyristor units. Numbers are per single-line retrofit.

SCR (baseline)

Efficiencyโ€”
AC kW drawnโ€”
Power factorโ€”

IGBT (upgrade)

Efficiencyโ€”
AC kW drawnโ€”
Power factorโ€”

Savings (per line, per year)

Energy savedโ€”
Demand reductionโ€”
PF penalty eliminatedโ€”
Total annual savingsโ€”
Paybackโ€”

LES SEP grants & incentives (2026) i

LES Sustainable Energy Program publishes per-equipment incentives. They reduce net capex on Tiers 2 and 3.

EquipmentIncentiveEstimated offset for this scenario