WaterBill: Water Bill Calculation

In bjornkallerud/waterr:

Description

Calculates customers' water bills based on fixed and volumetric rates. There is an option to include both current and proposed rate structures to assess bill impacts.

Usage

WaterBill(
  df,
  uniform_rates = TRUE,
  nt_c,
  wdths_c = NULL,
  fxd_c = NULL,
  vol_c = NULL,
  proposed_rates = TRUE,
  elasticity_par = 0,
  elasticity_response = "average",
  nt_p = NULL,
  wdths_p = NULL,
  fxd_p = NULL,
  vol_p = NULL
)

Arguments

df	dataframe that contains customer usage - var must be titled usage. If rates are not uniform across customers, fixed rate columns must be titled fixed_c and fixed_p
uniform_rates	logical if TRUE the rates are constant across all customers in dataframe. If TRUE inputs for the rate structure are required in the function call
nt_c	number of tiers in the current rate structure
wdths_c	vector of tier widths under the current rate structure - not necessary if rate structure is not uniform
fxd_c	double of fixed charge under current rate structure - not necessary if rate structure is not uniform
vol_c	vector of volumetric rates under the current rate structure - not necessary if rate structure is not uniform
proposed_rates	logical if TRUE two rate structures are included in the calculation
elasticity_par	the elasticity parameter, default is set to zero which excludes elasticity from the analysis
nt_p	number of tiers in the proposed rate structure
wdths_p	vector of tier widths under the proposed rate structure - not necessary if rate structure is not uniform
fxd_p	double of fixed charge under proposed rate structure - not necessary if rate structure is not uniform
vol_p	vector of volumetric rates under the proposed rate structure - not necessary if rate structure is not uniform

Details

BillCalculation <- function(df, elasticity = 0.0, nt_c, nt_p = NULL, uniform_rates = TRUE, proposed_rates = TRUE,

Value

This function returns a dataframe that includes all final bills under the current and proposed rate structures as well as their respective components

Author(s)

Bjorn Kallerud

bjornkallerud/waterr documentation built on Aug. 9, 2021, 10:55 a.m.