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Calculating power factor from electricity meter reading Calculating power factor from
electricity meter reading
Power factor, PF, in the electrical installation can tell us about how efficient the plant, factory, building, or
Power factor, PF, in the electrical installation
installation load is operating at.
can tell us about how efficient the plant,
factory, building, or installation load is ope...
Low power factor cost money and in most cases is against the law. In Malaysia, TNB/SESB set a
minimum power factor of 0.85 that every consumer must achieve and if yours falls below this value, you
will be charged with power factor penalty in a staggered manner.

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2 2 2
kVA = kW = kVAR

From this equation, we derive the power factor:

In the case of SESB, a subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the power factor penalty is calculated as
follows:-

If the Average Power Factor of any consumer in any month is found to be:

(a) Below 0.85 and up to 0.75 lagging, a supplementary charge of 1.5% of the bill for that month for
each one-hundredth part (0.01) below 0.85 will be added to the bill for that month; and

(b) Below 0.75 lagging, in addition to the charge above, a supplementary charge of 3% of the bill for that
month for each one-hundredth part (0.01) below 0.75 will be added to the bill for that month.

Example:

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Say, a premise is categorised under Commercial Tariff Class 1, CM1, and billing meters show the
followings during January 2013 monthly meter reading:

kWh meter : 2,660

kVARh meter : 2,190

The average power factor for that month, according to the formula is

2 2
PF = kWh / [SQRT(kWh + kVARh )]
2 2
= 2,660 / [SQRT(2,660 + 2,190 )]
= 0.77

which is below 0.85 but above 0.75, and hence a PF penalty of 1.5% supplementary charge for every
0.01 part applies.

Supplementary charge = 100*(0.85 - 0.77) x 1.5% x Monthly bill

= 8 x 1.5% x RM890.10
= RM106.81

Calculate monthly bill

First 200 kWh = 200 x 33.0 cents = RM66.00
Next 2,460 kW = 2,460 x 33.5 cents = RM824.10
Hence, monthly bill = RM890.10 BLOG ARCHIVE
Total bill = RM996.91
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of money. Plus, if you continue to register PF of below 0.75, the utility company has a provision to stop 2015 (18)
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Looking back at the post, I think I need to do another one to update on the electricity tariff in malaysia.
But generally, the formula to calculate p.f. for any given electricity meter reading stays.
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Airellchenko Milan said...

Because tranformer uses extra power for same amount of load. So extra power means that extra
maintenance for transformer..example a car and a mtorcycle use a diffrent amount of fuel with same LINKS
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Anonymous said...
Because tranformer uses extra power for same amount of load. So extra power means that extra
maintenance for transformer..example a car and a mtorcycle use a diffrent amount of fuel with same

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Mukesh Kapoor said...

Want to know both lagging and leading PF conditions liable to be charged extra as PF penalty.
13 January, 2017

de engineur said...
@Mukesh Kapoor - in terms of penalty, leading pf is not an issue. You get penalised when the pf is অনুসরণ
lagging below certain threshold, e.g. in Malaysia consumers (except domestic) that register pf of
below 0.85 get penalised. Other countries may impose more stringent requirement.
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