Resources
Glossary
Terms used across the NeoTechX site, from telecontrol protocols to BC Hydro and FortisBC billing.
- Automate, with sign-off
- The third step of NeoShift: automatic supervisory setpoints within agreed limits, only after the customer signs off a written plan.
- Billing demand
- The demand a tariff bills on; for BC Hydro Medium and Large General Service, the highest kW in the billing period; for FortisBC Commercial and Large Commercial Service, the greatest of the current peak, 75% of the highest demand in the previous 11 months and 25% of contract demand.
- DNP3
- Distributed Network Protocol, a telecontrol protocol common in North American water, wastewater and energy systems; unencrypted unless secured with TLS and IEC 62351-5.
- Gateway
- A device or software that connects field equipment to control and IT systems, often converting between protocols.
- IEC 60870-5-104
- Telecontrol protocol over TCP/IP, often called IEC 104; unencrypted unless secured with TLS and IEC 62351-5.
- IEC 62351-5
- Secure authentication for IEC 60870-5 protocols and DNP3.
- Minimum charge
- BC Hydro Medium and Large General Service floor: 50% of the highest winter demand charge of the preceding 11 periods.
- Peak shaving
- Lowering the highest demand interval in a billing period, for example by sequencing equipment so loads do not coincide.
- Ratchet
- A billing-demand floor set by a past peak; applies to FortisBC Commercial and Large Commercial Service (75% over 11 months) and to BC Hydro transmission service, not BC Hydro general service.
- RTU
- Remote terminal unit: collects field data and executes commands for a control centre.
- SCADA
- Supervisory control and data acquisition: software that monitors and controls distributed equipment.
- Free Demand Assessment
- The first step: a read-only review of a site's bills and interval data that shows what drives its peak demand, with no software fees and no obligation.