In article , Home Guy wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:

Despite the OP's relatively low actual usage, the power coming
into the building is substantial.

What a joke.

The "power coming into the building" can be no more than the power being
used by the building's equipment, devices or appliances.

Let me rephrase, perhaps you'll like this better, Mr. Semantic Pedantic:

Your building has a 400 amp 3-phase SERVICE. That's what I mean by "the
power coming into the building." I don't care if you're all huddled
around a transistor radio and a candle, you still have an industrial
level of service to your building. THAT is a good reason for the utility
to put you on demand metering or apply a host of other charges that
those with smaller services would not incur.


That fact that I've got some high-rated switch gear and primary supply
wire shouldn't play a role in how I'm billed. It's still a basic
3-phase 120/208 supply. Nothing fancy.

Uh-huh. You gonna attend the next PUC meeting and speak up about how you
think the electric company "should" behave?