WHAT IS T.A.P?

TAP was originally developed to facilitate the analysis of electricity prices for the US Department of Energy's Appliance Efficiency Standards program. The tariff database and bill calculation applications have been used in particular for the Distribution Transformers and Commercial Unitary Air Conditioning Equipment rules.

How does TAP work?

The tariff analysis infrastructure consists of two primary components: a database containing the rate structure information and related data fields, and a web interface allowing users to enter, edit and view tariffs. Starting from these components, a variety of applications can be built, including bill calculator programs, batch data-processing scripts, and methods that allow TAP to interface directly with other software.