Electric water heating is energy efficient and clean. And our Water Heating Control Rate can save customers up to 25 percent compared with our standard price of electricity.
Control limits and cost of energy
An alternative for customers not interested in, or not able to install a separate service panel, is an $8 a month credit on their monthly bills in return for allowing us to control water heaters wired to their firm-service meters.
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Water heaters also may be installed on certain electric space-heating rates, including the Dual Fuel and Deferred Load Rates, which offer greater savings. In all cases an electrician must provide wiring to our radio receiver.
■ Rates
permit control 12 months a year.
■ Rates
permit water heaters to be controlled up to 14 hours a day. interrupt long control periods whenever possible to allow the water heater to recover.
Demand Response Rates
Water Heating Control Rate and rebates
■ Rates
vary by season. We apply winter-season rates from October 1 through May 31 and summer-season rates from June 1 through September 30.
■ Cost-of-energy
charges apply.
■ Controlled-service
systems must be permanently connected and interruptible. Systems that do not interrupt loads during control events as required by the rate may be subject to penalty charges, and application of the off-peak rate may be discontinued.
Rebates available Rebates are available for new off-peak electric water-heating installations with proof of a minimum 90 percent efficiency.
Water Heating Control Rate rebates Application
Condition
Rebate
≥ 80 gallon grid-enabled, standard, or light-duty commercial
New controlled load
$300
Replacement controlled load
$150
≥50-gallon to <80-gallon standard
New controlled load
$150
Heavy Commercial — minimum 12 kW and 120 gallon storage
Controlled load
$20 per kW $5,000 max
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