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SCE offers a variety of Demand Response Programs to help qualifying customers reduce their energy usage during peak times while lowering their electricity costs. For an overview of the Price-Responsive and Reliability Demand Response Programs SCE offers, including program descriptions, tips, and a glossary of DR terms, please see the Demand Response Programs Guide.
Qualifying customers who can reduce power when statewide energy supplies are low may earn financial incentives, and/or other benefits, by participating in these programs. While saving money, your participation can make a difference in the state's energy and economic well-being. |
This program provides lower energy and/or time-related demand charges to customers who are willing to interrupt power usage at SCE's request. It is offered on a contract basis to eligible agricultural and pumping customers who register 50 kW or greater of maximum demand or have 50 horsepower or greater of connected load. Interruption events are limited to one event per day, four events per calendar week (defined as Sunday through Saturday), or 25 events per year and will not exceed 6 hours per day, 40 hours per month, or 150 hours per year. The links below provide more information on this program:
Automated Demand Response
This program enables eligible SCE customers to participate in SCE Demand Response programs by reducing electricity usage during periods of peak demand without manual intervention. Customers may pre-select their levels of participation and automatically take part in a demand response event, permitting customers increased flexibility and ease-of-use. For more information on Automated Demand Response, please click on the fact sheet link below:
TOU-BIP Individual Account
The TOU-BIP is an interruptible rate designed for customers who have monthly demands greater than 200 kW in any three months during the preceding 12 months. Customers must commit to reducing at least 15 percent of their maximum demand, which cannot be less than 100 kW. Customers must select a firm service level. The customer is required to reduce its electrical usage to this specified firm service level within 30 minutes of being notified of an interruption event. In exchange customers receive a monthly credit based on the difference between their average peak period demand for each month and their selected firm service level. The TOU-BIP is available to customers who are eligible for service under rate schedule TOU-8 and to existing customers on rate schedule I-6 who complete their annual obligations on those programs. For more information on TOU-BIP, please click on the links below:
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The Capacity Bidding Program (CBP, formerly Cal-DRP) offers qualified businesses payments for agreeing to reduce load (for example, lighting, HVAC, escalators/elevators, pumps or some manufacturing equipment) when a CBP event is called. Participants make monthly nominations and receive capacity payments based on the amount of capacity reduction nominated each month, plus energy payments based on their actual kilowatt-hour (kWh) energy use reduction when an event is called. The amount of capacity reduction can be adjusted on a monthly basis. The program is Internet-based providing ready access to program information and ease of use for participants.
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Critical Peak Pricing (CPP)
Lower your business’ electric bills and operating costs by shifting or reducing electricity usage during "critical peak" summer afternoons. Southern California Edison’s (SCE) voluntary Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) programs may benefit commercial and industrial customers who can reduce or shift their power in the summer season from noon to 6:00 p.m. during a CPP event. Energy rates during summer season CPP events are significantly higher than energy rates during summer season non-CPP events. However, customers on a CPP rate schedule receive other electricity charge reduction benefits in return. By participating in a CPP program, customers can assist in alleviating potential power shortages in their communities as well as lower their operating costs.
For more information on SCE's Critical Peak Pricing Rate Option, please see:
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Demand Bidding Program (DBP)
The Demand Bidding Program is a flexible, Internet-based bidding program that offers your organization the opportunity to receive bill credits for voluntarily reducing power without incurring any financial penalties. If you participate in the program, you can lower your operating costs and help alleviate power shortages in California.
If you are either a bundled service or a direct access SCE customer who has at least one service account with a demand of 200 kW or greater, you can participate in the DBP. You may also combine up to 25 service accounts to form an aggregated group.
If you are already participating in this program, proceed to the sign-on screen.
For more information on the Demand Bidding Program, please read:
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Provides lower energy and time-related demand charges for that portion of power usage a customer is willing to interrupt when requested by SCE. This rate is now available only to eligible customers with a minimum of 500 kW who are adding new load, or are new to SCE's service territory. Interruption events are limited to one event per day, four events per calendar week (defined as Sunday through Saturday), and 25 events per year. An event will not exceed 6 hours, and the total periods of interruption will not be more than 40 hours per month or 150 hours per year. For more information on the I-6 Interruptible program, please click on the links below:
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Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment Program (OBMC)
The OBMC exempts you from rotating outages in exchange for partial power reductions from your facility's(ies') entire circuit over a longer period. Specifically, you must reduce power on your entire circuit by up to 15% during the entire duration of every rotating outage event. To participate, you must submit a signed OBMC Plan acceptable to Southern California Edison (SCE). For more information about the Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment Program click on the links below:
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Provides participating residential and business customers a simple way to save money during the summer season (June 1st to October 1st). There are several programs with a variety of options to choose from that fit your business or lifestyle. To learn more about these programs, click on one of the programs below:
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Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Technical Assistance and Technology Incentives Program provides eligible commercial and industrial customers technical assistance in the form of demand response site assessments at no charge, and technology incentives for the installation of technologies that reduce electricity usage during periods of high demand.
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