Demand Costs

The document details four methods for entering non-fuel costs (capital, O&M, and administrative) in LEAP: Costs Per Activity, Costs Per Device Sold, Total Costs, and Cost of Saved Energy (CSE). It provides the specific calculation logic for each method and advises users to enter costs only for branches where activities or energy intensities deviate from the baseline for comparative analysis.

• LEAP offers four distinct methods for specifying non-fuel demand costs: Costs Per Activity, Costs Per Device Sold, Total Costs, and Cost of Saved Energy (CSE).
• The 'Costs Per Activity' method calculates costs by multiplying the cost per activity by the activity levels for a given year.
• The 'Costs Per Device Sold' method is available for technologies using Stock Analysis or Transport Analysis and is considered more accurate for tracking new and replacement devices, though it requires more data.
• The 'Total Costs' method allows for the entry of a total annual cost at a demand branch, which is useful for administrative or overall program costs; users can employ the AnnualizedCost function to levelize capital costs.
• The 'Cost of Saved Energy' (CSE) method calculates the incremental cost of energy efficiency investments relative to a baseline scenario or Current Accounts, enabling a direct comparison between demand-side efficiency and conventional energy supply investments.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). Demand Costs. https://cdn.leap.sei.org/help24/Demand/Demand_Cost_Analysis.htm

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Demand Costs. n.d. https://cdn.leap.sei.org/help24/Demand/Demand_Cost_Analysis.htm.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Demand Costs |url=https://cdn.leap.sei.org/help24/Demand/Demand_Cost_Analysis.htm |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutenddemand, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Demand Costs}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://cdn.leap.sei.org/help24/Demand/Demand_Cost_Analysis.htm}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }