High Temperature Water Service
University of Utah Rate Schedule for High Temperature Water Service FY26
Effective for Bills Dated After
July 2025
Application
This schedule is high temperature water (HTW) service for all buildings supplied through one of the University of Utah’s central plants.
Billing Rate
| $12.470 | MMBtu |
| Resource cost | 80.9% |
| R&R cost | 6.7% |
| O&M cost | 12.4% |
Rate Calculations
Rates are calculated annually by dividing the sum of the last calendar year’s campus high temp water production costs (in U.S. dollars) by the sum of high temp water energy production (in millions of Btu [MMBtu]) over the same period.
High temperature water production costs include the purchase of water, gas, portion
of fuel attributed to heat generation of the cogen system, and associated supplier
fees, surcharges, and taxes. Production costs also include the University’s labor
and material costs of the previous calendar year for operation, maintenance, and metering
of the high temp water systems.
As of FY26, renew and replace (R&R) is collected from all users for the replacement
of major assets necessary for central production, distribution, and metering of high
temperature water. These assets include pipe, pumps and controls, buildings, meters,
heat exchangers, boilers, cogen turbine and duct burners, and air compressors. R&R
collection is based on 1) planned and approved projects along and 2) maintaining an
account balance that would recover emergency equipment replacement.
Scheduled Rate Adjustments
Resources cost includes recovering actual natural gas charges from a 2-year rolling average, which includes abnormally high prices in January 2023. Rate adjustments are not made throughout the course of the year.
Time Periods
Rates do not vary by time of day, day of week, season, or holidays.
Consumption Measurement and Calculation
Where one or more commercial-grade building-level meters are present, consumption
is directly measured. Where existing devices are unable to directly measure consumption
for a group or area, values are calculated based on the measurements of the closest
parent meter and the percentage of served floor area.
University of Utah Rate Schedule for High Temperatures Water Service
Readings typically occur once a month and are estimated during months when meters
are inaccessible or awaiting repair.
Sustainability & Energy
Email: energy@fm.utah.edu