Residential Time-of-Use Program
Time on your side. Save money using “off-peak” electricity…
La Plata Electric Association’s Time-of-Use program is structured to save you both energy and dollars.
You have the opportunity to shift your use of electricity to the lower cost periods during 16 hours in a 24-hour day, Monday through Saturday, plus ALL day Sunday, Thanksgiving and Christmas. During these periods, you are billed for your electric usage at the off-peak rate – that’s the low-cost rate.
While it may seem counter-intuitive for your electric cooperative to encourage you to purchase electricity during the lower cost time periods, you are helping us manage the flow of electricity across our entire system. We won’t bore you with the details. Just know that Time-of-Use helps LPEA as much as it helps you. And remember, the more of your electricity usage you can shift to the off-peak periods, the more money you will save.
Residential Time-of-Use Program Brochure (PDF file)
LPEA can provide a Residential Time-of-Use Rate comparison for your specific residential account. Call us at (970) 247-5786.
Residential Time-of-Use Program Off-Peak Periods ($0.062 per kilowatt hour)
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9 AM ─ 5 PM
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10 PM ─ 6 AM
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Monday ─ Saturday
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All Day Sunday
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Thanksgiving and Christmas
Residential Time-of-Use Program On-Peak Periods ($0.2561 per kilowatt hour)
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6 AM ─ 9 AM
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5 PM ─ 10 PM
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Monday ─ Saturday
The Residential Time-of-Use base charge is $20.00 per month.
The LPEA General Service Residential Rate is $0.1256 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), Peak-Power charge $1.50 for the highest kW between 4 PM ─ 9 PM per month, and a base charge of $21.50 per month.
Keys to saving with the Residential Time-of-Use program:
1. Installing timers on your big power users (electric water heaters, electric thermal storage units, etc.) so they run during Off-Peak Periods.
2. Do the following during Off-Peak Periods:
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Run your dishwasher.
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Wash and dry clothes.
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Run self-cleaning oven cycle.
3. Additional steps you can take are:
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Install programmable thermostats to automatically control your heat.
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Install load control equipment.
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Install timers on stock tank heaters and/or engine block heaters.
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Install timers on heat tape.
Time Clock Programming Instructions:
Small Commercial (Single Phase) Time-of-Use Program
For commercial and industrial customers, public buildings and authorities whose load requirements are less than 50 kVa of transformer capacity of all uses, subject to the established rules and regulations. LPEA offers an optional tariff applicable to small commercial customers who would otherwise receive service under the General Service Single Phase (Schedule A, Rate 10) or General Service Demand Single Phase (Schedule GSD, Rate 10) tariff of $0.062 per kilowatt-hour used during the hours of 8 PM ─ 2 PM, Monday through Saturday, all kWh used on Sundays and the holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas (Off-Peak Period) and $0.2561 per kilowatt-hour used during the hours of 2 PM ─ 8 PM, Monday through Saturday (On-Peak Period).
Small Commercial (Single Phase) Time-of-Use Program Off-Peak Period ($0.062 per kilowatt-hour)
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8 PM ─ 2 PM
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Monday ─ Saturday
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All Day Sunday
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Thanksgiving and Christmas
Small Commercial (Single Phase) Time-of-Use Program On-Peak Period ($0.2561 per kilowatt-hour)
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2 PM ─ 8 PM
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Monday ─ Saturday
The Commercial Time-of-Use base charge is $20.00 per month.
Contact LPEA at (970) 247-5786 for information on the Large Commercial (Three Phase) Time-of-Use Program.