Commercial Electric

AVAILABILITY

Service under this rate is available to individual commercial, and small industrial establishments requiring a single-phase or three-phase, secondary connection. This rate is available to customers where the total monthly kilowatt hour (KWHR) consumption is less than 10,000 kwhrs and the SMLD has determined that the maximum monthly demand of that customer does not exceed 20 kilowatts at any time during the preceding 12 months. A customer in this rate class with three phase demand who maintains an average 12-month load factor above 30% may qualify for an MGS service rate. All electricity furnished will be through one service and one meter.

COST OF SERVICE

• $0.1243 per kwhr charge for Energy per billing period.
• $0.0305 per kwhr charge for Distribution per billing period.

CUSTOMER CHARGE

$10.00 per billing period.

The cost of providing customer-related services such as metering, meter reading and billing. These fixed costs are not affected by the actual amount of electricity you use.

CONNECTION PERIOD

The determination of the appropriate minimum connection period under this rate will be based on the investment required by the SMLD to provide service. This determination will be made by the SMLD prior to the start of service; however, this minimum connection period shall be no less than one year. During this minimum connection period, all billing provisions of this rate, including the minimum charge, shall apply.

FARM DISCOUNT

An additional 10% discount is available under this rate for all customers under this rate that are certified by the Department of Food and Agriculture (DFA) for a one-year period commencing upon their application date with the DFA. If after one year, they have not been properly recertified with the DFA, they will not be eligible for this rate application.

PURCHASED POWER ADJUSTMENT (PPA)

A purchased power adjustment, either a charge or credit, shall be applied to all kilowatt-hours sold under this rate as provided in the purchased power adjustment.

TRANSMISSION CHARGE ADJUSTMENT (TCA)

A transmission charge adjustment (TCA), applicable to all rate schedules, shall be applied to all kilowatt-hours sold under this rate as provided in the TCA.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The SMLD’s Terms and Conditions in effect may change from time to time, where consistent with the specific provisions hereof, are a part of this rate.

EFFECTIVE

On all bills rendered after February 1, 2023.

AVAILABILITY

Service under this rate is available to individual commercial, and industrial establishments requiring a three-phase connection that receives greater than 10,000 kwhrs per billing period and/or maintains a load factor of more than 30%. All electricity furnished will be through one service and one meter.

COST OF SERVICE

• $6.00 charge per Kilowatt (KW) for all kwhr’s of billing demand delivered during the billing period.
• $0.0510 charge per kwhr for Energy per billing period.
• $0.0615 charge per kwhr for Distribution per billing period.

CUSTOMER CHARGE

$7.50 per billing period.

The cost of providing customer-related services such as metering, meter reading and billing. These fixed costs are not affected by the actual amount of electricity you use.

PRIMARY METERING

Energy metered at 4160 volts and above by the SMLD is available to customers under this rate. A 3 percent monthly discount on the demand charges will be allowed where metering is on the primary side of the transformer. Transformers must be rated at 300 kva total connected capacity or above.

ENERGY MANAGEMENT CREDIT

Option 1 Credit: The customer will receive a credit of $0.0050 per kilowatt hour for every kilowatt hour delivered more than the number of kilowatt hours required to maintain a load factor of 30 percent during the billing period.

BILLING DEMAND

The billing demand shall be the highest 15-minute kw measured demand established during the billing period but not less than eighty (80) percent of the maximum measured demand during the preceding eleven months. In case of fluctuating loads, the SMLD may base the billing demand on an instantaneous peak load for a period of less than 15 minutes.

For any billing period that the average power factor at the delivery point is less than ninety percent, the measured demand shall be corrected in accordance with the following formula:

Adjusted Measured Demand = Measured Demand x .90 Average Power Factor.

MINIMUM CHARGE

The demand charge is based on the greater of the billing demand, but no less than $3.00 per billing per kva of connected transformer capacity.

LOAD RESPONSE (LR)

Where the SMLD has installed load monitoring or metering equipment with the ability to monitor load shed by the customer during periods that the SMLD deems necessary and has notified the customer. The customer will receive a credit equal to the average LMP for each kwhr shed during the SMLD’s request to shed load. This credit will appear in the billing period in which the SMLD exercises its option to curtail delivery if the agreed upon load shed in KW that was shed during the requested time.

CONNECTION PERIOD

The determination of the appropriate minimum connection period under this rate will be based on the investment required by the SMLD to provide service. This determination will be made by the SMLD prior to the start of service; however, this minimum connection period shall be no less than one year. During this minimum connection period, all billing provisions of this rate, including the minimum charge, shall apply.

FARM DISCOUNT

An additional 10% discount is available under this rate for all customers under this rate that are certified by the Department of Food and Agriculture (DFA) for a one-year period commencing upon their application date with the DFA. If after one year, they have not been properly recertified with the DFA, they will not be eligible for this rate application.

PURCHASED POWER ADJUSTMENT (PPA)

A purchased power adjustment, either a charge or credit, shall be applied to all kilowatt-hours sold under this rate as provided in the purchased power adjustment.

TRANSMISSION CHARGE ADJUSTMENT (TCA)

A transmission charge adjustment (TCA), applicable to all rate schedules, shall be applied to all kilowatt-hours sold under this rate as provided in the TCA.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The SMLD’s Terms and Conditions in effect may change from time to time, where consistent with the specific provisions hereof, are a part of this rate.

EFFECTIVE

On all bills rendered after February 1, 2023.

AVAILABILITY

Service under this rate is available to individual commercial and industrial establishments requiring a three-phase connection that receives greater than 100,000 kwhrs per billing period and/or maintains a load factor of more than 30%. All electricity furnished will be through one service and one meter.

COST OF SERVICE

• $7.50 charge per Kilowatt (KW) for all kwhr’s of billing demand delivered per the billing period.
• $0.0510 charge per kwhr for Energy per billing period.
• $0.0484 charge per kwhr for Distribution per billing period.

CUSTOMER CHARGE

$16.50 per billing period.

The cost of providing customer-related services such as metering, meter reading and billing. These fixed costs are not affected by the actual amount of electricity you use.

PRIMARY METERING

Energy metered at 4160 volts and above by the SMLD is available to customers under this rate. A 3 percent monthly discount on the demand charges will be allowed where metering is on the primary side of the transformer. Transformers must be rated at 300 kva total connected capacity or above.

ENERGY MANAGEMENT CREDIT

Option 1 Credit: The customer will receive a credit of $0.0050 per kilowatt hour for every kilowatt hour delivered more than the number of kilowatt hours required to maintain a load factor of 30 percent during the billing period.

BILLING DEMAND

The billing demand shall be the highest 15-minute kw measured demand established during the billing period but not less than eighty (80) percent of the maximum measured demand during the preceding eleven months. In case of fluctuating loads, the SMLD may base the billing demand on an instantaneous peak load for a period of less than 15 minutes.

For any billing period that the average power factor at the delivery point is less than ninety percent, the measured demand shall be corrected in accordance with the following formula:

Adjusted Measured Demand = Measured Demand x .90 Average Power Factor.

MINIMUM CHARGE

The demand charge is based on the greater of the billing demand, but no less than $3.00 per billing per kva of connected transformer capacity.

LOAD RESPONSE (LR)

Where the SMLD has installed load monitoring or metering equipment with the ability to monitor load shed by the customer during periods that the SMLD deems necessary and has notified the customer. The customer will receive a credit equal to the average LMP for each kwhr shed during the SMLD’s request to shed load. This credit will appear in the billing period in which the SMLD exercises its option to curtail delivery if the agreed upon load shed in KW was shed during the requested time.

CONNECTION PERIOD

The determination of the appropriate minimum connection period under this rate will be based on the investment required by the SMLD to provide service. This determination will be made by the SMLD prior to the start of service; however, this minimum connection period shall be no less than one year. During this minimum connection period, all billing provisions of this rate, including the minimum charge, shall apply.

PURCHASED POWER ADJUSTMENT (PPA)

A purchased power adjustment, either a charge or credit, shall be applied to all kilowatt-hours sold under this rate as provided in the purchased power adjustment.

TRANSMISSION CHARGE ADJUSTMENT (TCA)

A transmission charge adjustment (TCA), applicable to all rate schedules, shall be applied to all kilowatt-hours sold under this rate as provided in the TCA.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The SMLD’s Terms and Conditions in effect may change from time to time, where consistent with the specific provisions hereof, are a part of this rate.

EFFECTIVE

On all bills rendered after February 1, 2023.