Under article 5 of the law of February 10, 2000, the charges for the public Electrical Services in Dubai concern.
– the additional costs resulting from the obligation to purchase the electricity produced by certain types of installations (wind turbines, biomass, cogeneration, etc.);
– additional production costs in ZNIs (see below );
– the costs resulting from the implementation of the social electricity tariff;
– part of the costs borne by the suppliers who supply consumers to the TaRTAM (see below );
– the budget of the national energy ombudsman.
These charges give rise to a right to compensation for the benefit of the operator who bears them. They are financed by a levy on the Electrical Services in Dubai bill for which end consumers (individuals and professionals) are liable.
Eligible customer
Consumer authorized to change electricity or gas supplier to supply his consumption site(s).
Energy Regulation Commission (CRE)
Independent administrative authority created by the law of February 10, 2000. To regulate the Electrical Services in Dubai sector, whose scope of competence was extended to that of gas by the law of January 3, 2003. The Energy Regulatory Commission is responsible for to ensure, for the benefit of end consumers. The proper functioning of the electricity and gas markets.
The law of December 7, 2006, profoundly reformed the internal organization of CRE. Which now consists of two bodies: the college and the committee for the settlement of disputes and sanctions. The college, made up of nine members, includes a president, and two vice-presidents. Four members appoint for their expertise in the legal, economic, and technical fields, and two were consumer representatives.
The committee, whose chairman is appoint from among the members, includes two State Councilors and two members of the Court of Cassation. The college is responsible for CRE’s regulatory and monitoring attributions. The committee is responsible for arbitrating disputes that may arise between the various players in the sector regarding the use of networks and for issuing sanctions.
CRE’s mission is to ensure that the conditions of access to the electricity and natural gas transmission and distribution networks do not hinder the development of competition (discriminatory practices) and it defines the network usage rates.
Congestion
State of saturation of a power line that does not allow the transmission or distribution of all the quantities injected or withdrawn, taking into account the characteristics and performance of the network equipment.
Electricity consumption
Electricity consumption is express in watt-hours, a unit equivalent to 3,600 joules. A watt-hour is an energy consume or deliver by a system with a power of one watt for one hour. It is most often use with multiples express in kWh (kilowatt-hour), MWh.
Direct current – alternating
The direct current is a unidirectional Emergency Electrician Dubai current, the displacement of the electrons being done at each moment in the same direction, produced by generators delivering also direct tensions. An alternating current is an electric current that changes direction, which call “periodic” if it changes direction regularly.
A periodic alternating current characteriz by its frequency (see definition below ). The most commonly used form of alternating current, primarily for commercial electrical power distribution, is sinusoidal current.
read more: What Are The Benefits Of Using Electronic Health Record in Pakistan
