Description
Calculate renewable-certificate equivalents and a supplied price term.
Energy prices and charges depend on energy units, demand units, standing-charge days, tariff periods and settlement sign conventions. Purchased-energy losses differ from delivered-energy fractions, and signed prices can produce negative monetary terms. Nominal battery cost allocations are supplied scenarios rather than physical aging forecasts.
Calculate renewable-certificate equivalents and a supplied price term.
When to use this tool
Use Renewable Certificate Price Energy Unit when you already have coveredEnergy, energyPerCertificate, certificatePrice and need to calculate renewable-certificate equivalents and a supplied price term.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter coveredEnergy, energyPerCertificate, certificatePrice. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read certificateEquivalent, cost. Use the output convention below.
Require coveredEnergy>=0 and energyPerCertificate positive/finite; equivalents=energy/perCertificate, cost=equivalents*certificatePrice.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| coveredEnergy | Covered Energy | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| energyPerCertificate | Energy Per Certificate | Required. Finite number; strictly above 0. |
| certificatePrice | Certificate Price | Required. Finite number. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| certificateEquivalent | Energy/energyPerCertificate; fractional equivalents rather than a rounded tradable count. | Required. Finite number. |
| cost | Cost | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"coveredEnergy": 1500,
"energyPerCertificate": 1000,
"certificatePrice": 20
},
"output": {
"certificateEquivalent": 1.5,
"cost": 30
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Equivalents may be fractional and prices signed. No rounding to tradable certificates, eligibility, ownership or actual certificate purchase is established.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Reconcile the actual meter series, tariff, contract and billing definitions for an account or market question. Use a complete cash-flow or physical-energy model when needed; a single block overlap, index ratio or supplied settlement term cannot establish actual charges or performance.
References
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