We see lots of different approaches to this, depending on the datacenter operator: 1. Customer pays for power overage at an agreed to rate that is usually the same as their committed rate (but could be more). This could be based on a: * Per KW consumed * Per KWh consumed * Per Amp consumed 1. Customer is notified that they are over their committed draw, and asked to increase their commitment. Could be: * Immediately * After a few months of repeated overages 1. Nothing happens (operator is not monitoring) From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Alan Hannan Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:12 PM To: Unknown <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: overages for power usage What kind of typical overage costs have you seen when a customer/you use more than you've committed to? I'm especially interested in datacenter power situations, where maybe you sign up for 5kw or 500kw and use more than that in a given month. Is it billed at the same rate? Is it billed at a higher rate? What's the % increase of the higher rate versus the regular rate? Thanks!