METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO VARIABLE PRICING FOR POWER PLANT MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE

摘要

To provide methods and systems related to variable pricing for power plant maintenance and service.SOLUTION: There is provided a method related to pricing based on a service contract between a customer and a service provider 41 in a power plant 12, where the service provider 41 provides maintenance services on a generating unit 49 for a fee. An output of the generating unit 49 is produced by a generator 44 to which the generating unit 49 is operably connected. The method comprises: determining a usage period for the generating unit 49; monitoring the output of the generating unit 49 during the usage period and, therefrom, designating an output level for the generating unit 49 for the usage period; calculating the fee for the usage period pursuant to a variable pricing plan, the variable pricing plan including a price for calculating the fee that varies depending on the designated output level of the generating unit 49 for the usage period; and billing the customer for the calculated fee.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2