Low rates are a cornerstone of energy affordability.
- Rates have been designed to promote energy efficiency and conservation.
- Load-factor pricing encourages efficient use of energy infrastructure.
- Load-factor pricing reduces cross subsidies among irrigation customers.
- Load-factor pricing will financially benefit customers with a high load-factor regardless of their participation in the company’s Irrigation Peak Rewards and/or Irrigation Efficiency Rewards programs.
To learn how in-season load-factor pricing can affect you, see the section below.
Load-Factor Energy Pricing (In-Season months only)
Instead of applying a single uniform energy rate to all in-season energy sales, the load-factor energy pricing mechanism divides the monthly kilowatt-hour sales into two segments:
- Segment 1 – First 164 kWh per kW of Demand
- Segment 2 – All Other kWh per kW of Demand
For example, if one month a customer has a Billing Demand of 10 kW and energy usage of 4,000 kWh, the energy portion of the bill would include:
- 1,640 kWh at the Segment 1 energy rate (164 * 10 kW)
- 2,360 kWh at the Segment 2 energy rate (4,000 kWh total usage – 1,640 kWh Segment 1)
| In-Season (June-September) |
Out-of-Season (All Other Months) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Service Charge | $16.85 | $3.00 |
| Demand Charge (per kW) | $7.76 | $0.00 |
| In-Season Energy (per kWh) | ||
| First 164 kWh (per kW) | 7.9602¢ | |
| All Other kWh | 7.6030¢ | |
| Out-Season Energy (per kWh) | 8.2444¢ |