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Energy and Environment Program

Utility Rates

UtilityCost per UnitUnits
Electric$0.04208KWh
Electric$14.1025KW
Steam$6.58MMBTU
Chilled Water$7.87MMBTU
Natural Gas$5.44MCF
Water$1.915CCF
Sewer$3.002CCF

What the unit's alphabet soup means

KW - Kilo Watts - 1000 watts

KWh - Kilo Watt hours - KW x hours - if you have a 100 watt light bulb on for 10 hours you have used 1KWh of electricity

MMBTU - Million British Thermal Units - 1 BTU is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit

MCF - Thousand Cubic Feet - picture a 25 foot long hallway with a standard 8 foot ceiling that is 5 feet wide, it has a volume of 1000 cubic feet

CCF - Hundred Cubic Feet - 748 gallons