Avoided-cost calculator
Price the wait, not just the hardware.
Utilities are working a long queue, so this compares waiting for new service against running on the service you already have.
Panel A
Your Pii path
Stock ships ~3 wks.
Panel B
Your real alternative
What the same project costs when it waits for new service.
The comparison
Two paths, side by side.
Wait for new service
$578,000
- Service upgrade$320,000
- Cost of waiting$168,000
- Standard hardware$90,000
Waiting is priced at 56 weeks of idle cost: the gap between the two timelines.
The Pii path
$79,400
- Hardware (MSRP × 2)$56,600
- Install$18,000
- Service, first year$4,800
Operational in 4 weeks on the service already at the site.
Total cost of waiting
$168,000
Idle weeks × weekly cost.
Total Pii path
$79,400
Hardware, install, first-year service.
Avoided cost
$498,600
56 weeks of mission recovered.
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