Despite the promises of no or minimal load shedding, the increases in electrical tariffs make it important for industrial users to monitor and control the use of electrical power.
Inefficient use of machines or wastage of power can result in dramatic increases in costs as the tariffs are increased. Industrial and agricultural users will be the hardest hit by these tariff increases.
In a recent presentation to NERSA (the National Energy Regulator) by AGRI SA, which represents commercial and emerging farmers through nine provincial unions and 26 commodity organisations, it was shown that tariff increases far outstripped the CPI index of South Africa. AGRI SA also pointed out that more than 25% of South Africa’s food is produced by energy intensive industries. These include the irrigation intensive producers of maize, wheat, sugar cane and horticultural industries, as well as livestock producers of dairy, pork and poultry products. Farmers will be severely affected as electricity prices increase and these costs will be passed on to the public.
Similarly, industry will be affected by tariff increases. It is very important therefore that these electricity users monitor and control their use of electricity to contain costs and remain viable into the future.
ICP DAS produces a range of power monitors and loggers for single- and three-phase power users. This range includes power monitors that can monitor eight three-phase circuits or 24 single-phase circuits up to 400 A and three-phase monitors that can monitor up to 800 A.
The manufacturer also provides power meter concentrators which offer functions such as power data collection, data logging, statistics, display and management. Built-in web servers allow remote monitoring and both real-time and historical viewing of the power monitors. Also included are IF-THEN-ELSE rule engines for power demand management and real-time alarms.
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