DER Billing Rates (Effective June 1, 2024)

Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Billing Rates:

As of June 1, 2024, the below are the billing rates in effect for the DER service rate classes - residential (Rate Class PR), general commercial (Rate Class PC) and large commercial (Rate Class PL).

 

Residential DER: Rate Class PR

Billing Component Rate
Monthly Facilities Charge $6.56 per customer account
Energy Charge (per kWh) $0.00529 per kWh*
Monthly Demand Charge (per kW) $4.56 per kW
Additional Capacity Charge (per kW) $11.51 per kW
Excess Energy Credit (per kWh) See below for more information

 

General Commercial DER: Rate Class PC

Billing Component Rate
Monthly Facilities Charge $36.25 per customer account
Energy Charge (per kWh) $0.00529 per kWh*
Monthly Demand Charge (per kW) $10.19 per kW
Additional Capacity Charge (per kW) $23.36 per kW
Excess Energy Credit (per kWh) See below for more information

 

Large Commercial DER: Rate Class PL

Billing Component Rate
Monthly Facilities Charge $190.09 per customer account
Energy Charge (per kWh) $0.00534 per kWh*
Monthly Demand Charge (per kW) $15.17 per kW
Additional Capacity Charge (per kW) $36.72 per kW
Excess Energy Credit (per kWh) See below for more information

*Recovery of deferred base rate revenues from June 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, will take place via a $0.0013 per kWh rate included in listed Energy Charge rates for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.

 

Excess Energy Credit Rate:

The DER Excess Energy Credit, as described in the Demand Rates Terms of Service, is applied to exported net-energy by the DER customer during the billing period and calculated on a monthly basis as the lower of:

  • The Excess Energy Rate ($0.00264/kWh) plus the monthly Fuel CostGovt. Fuel Duty, and Renewable Energy cost rates; or
  • The comparable energy purchase rate in the most recent Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement (RE PPA)

 

Definitions:

  • kWh - kilowatt-hours (energy consumption)
  • kW   - kilowatts (power demand)

 

Notes:

The above rate schedule does not include the following:

  • Charges for fuel costs and government fuel duty
  • Charges for renewable energy purchased from Power Purchase Agreements and CORE/DER Agreements
  • Licence and regulatory fees
  • Charges for optional services, such as Security Lighting (Dusk to Dawn Lighting). These charges are added to billing statements separately, as applicable

 

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