Summary of Electric Rates              

Residential Service Rate 1
This is a standard rate for residential customers

General Service Rate 3
This rate is for small commercial and industrial customers

Large General Service Rate 4
This rate is for customers who want secondary voltage service and who have demands of 15 KW or higher

Primary Service Rate 5
This rate is for customers who want primary voltage service and who have demands of 100 KW or higher

Municipal Water Pumping Service Rate 7
This rate is for political subdivisions or state agencies who want service for drinking water pumping and associated water production equipment This rate is for political subdivisions or state agencies who want service for drinking water pumping and associated water production equipment

Large Capacity Service Rate 8
This rate is for customers who want primary voltage service and who have demands of 25,000 KW or higher

Outdoor Lighting Service Rate 9
This lease lighting rate is for customers who want dusk to dawn outdoor lighting

Traffic Light Service Rate 11
This rate is for political subdivisions and state agencies operating traffic lights

Space Conditioning and Electric Water Heating Service Rate 12
This rate is for commercial or industrial customers with electric space heating or water heating

Residential Senior Citizen Rate 21
This rate is for residential customers 65 years or older with low monthly usage. This rate is not recommended for customers who consume more than 620 KWH per month.

Street Lighting Service Rate 31
This rate is for BWL-owned street lighting systems

Street Lighting Service Rate 32
This rate is for customer-owned street lighting systems

Energy Cost Adjustment
This describes how monthly bills will be affected by the changing costs of fuel, power purchases, and other factors

Scheduled Curtailment Service Rider
This rider is for Rate 5 customers who, at the Board's discretion, can curtail their load by 1,000 KW or more

Renewable Energy Rider
This rider is for customers who wish to meet some or all of their monthly energy needs with electricity produced from renewable resources or "green power". The customer will pay a premium of up to $7.50 per month for each block of renewable energy they purchase.

Renewable Energy Net Metering Rider
The purpose of this rider it to enable customers who generate electricity using renewable energy sources to connect to the BWL’s electric distribution system and to send electricity back to the electric grid at time when their generation exceeds their own use.

Infrastructure Recovery Rider
This rider's primary purpose is to encourage economic development in the Board of Water and Light service area and recover those expenses necessary to provide electric distribution infrastructure from customers receiving retail electric service from the BWL on qualifying property.

Street Light Rider
The primary purpose of this rider is to enhance economic recovery & development in the Board of Water and Light (BWL) service area.  It is available when, in the utility’s sole judgment, the availability of the rider is a major factor in improving our regional economy, and when application of the rider will result in a net benefit to the BWL and its customers.

Electric Environmental Charge
The Environmental Charge permits the recovery of environmental remediation expenses incurred as a result of supplying electricity. All residential and general service rates are subject to the Environmental Charge. The following definitions and procedures will be followed in administering the Environmental Charge.

Energy Optimization Surcharge
Energy Optimization Surcharge (EO Surcharge) is designed to recover Energy Optimization Plan program costs, as required by 2008 PA 295.

Renewable Energy Plan Surcharge
Renewable Energy Plan Surcharge (REP Surcharge) is designed to recover Renewable Energy Plan program costs, as required by 2008 PA 295.