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Demand Response Programs

Demand Response Programs

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 Program Guide (PDF).

Qualifying customers who can reduce power when statewide energy supplies are low (or when energy prices rise) may earn financial incentives, and/or other benefits by participating in these programs. While saving money, your participation can make a difference in California's energy and economic well-being. For additional opportunities to reduce energy costs, you may enroll in more than one demand response program at a time. For details, see the Demand Response Dual Enrollment Options (PDF) chart.

The methodology used to calculate baselines for Demand Response (DR) events is the "10-Day Average Baseline". This calculation includes a "Day-Of" adjustment option, which may adjust your baseline up or down. For details, please see the 10-Day Average Baseline and "Day-of-Adjustment" Fact Sheet (PDF).

Agricultural and Pumping Interruptible Program (AP-I)

This program provides a year-round monthly credit to eligible agricultural and pumping customers who elect to allow SCE to temporarily interrupt electric service to their total load served. AP-I is offered on a contractual basis.

AP-I is available to agricultural and pumping customers with a measured demand of 37 kW or greater, or with at least 50 horsepower of connected load. As an AP-I participant, you must already be served under an eligible Agricultural and Pumping Rate Schedule, which includes Rate Schedule TOU-PA-ICE. AP-I is not available to customers receiving service on Option A of the TOU-PA tariff, customers receiving the Off-Peak credit provided under Schedule PA-1, or to customers served under experimental rate schedules.

An interruption can occur at any time – 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Interruption events are limited to 6 hours per event, 25 events per calendar year, or 150 hours per calendar year.

Automated Demand Response (Auto-DR)

Southern California Edison's (SCE) Automated Demand Response (Auto-DR) 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 pre-select their levels of participation and automatically take part in a demand response event, permitting customers increased flexibility and ease-of-use.

Time-of-Use Base Interruptible Program (TOU-BIP)

The Time-of-Use Base Interruptible Program (Schedule TOU-BIP) is open to Southern California Edison (SCE) customers who have monthly demands (or aggregated demands) that reach or exceed 200 kW. Customers or aggregated groups who select this program are required to choose a Firm Service Level (FSL) that reflects the amount of electricity the customer determines is necessary to meet their operational requirements during a TOU-BIP event. They must also choose a participation option, which is the amount of time (15 or 30 minutes) the customer requires in order to respond to a TOU-BIP event. Customers must make a commitment to reduce at least 15% of their maximum demand (but no less than 100 kW) during TOU events.

In exchange for participating in TOU-BIP, customers or aggregators receive monthly credits based on the difference between their average peak period demand for each month and their selected FSL. TOU-BIP credits for each billing period will be applied to the current month’s bill.

With limitations, customers participating in TOU-BIP may also participate in other demand response programs for additional incentives. For more information, please contact your SCE Account Representative.

Capacity Bidding Program (CBP)

CBP is a flexible bidding program offering 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.

Make monthly nominations and receive capacity payments based on the amount of capacity reduction nominated each month, plus energy payments based on your actual kilowatt-hour (kWh) energy reduction when an event is called. The amount of capacity nomination can be adjusted on a monthly basis.

The program is Internet-based, providing ready access to program information and ease-of-use.

Summer Advantage Incentive (SAI) also known as Critical Peak Pricing (CPP)

The Summer Advantage Incentive (SAI) also known as Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) rate is designed to reward participating customers for voluntarily reducing electricity usage, or for shifting usage to off-peak hours. Critical peaks occur a few times during the summer due to weather or system conditions, such as increased demand to the power supply. If your organization can reduce energy demands during these times, the SAI rate may help you save money on your electric bills .

Demand Bidding Program (DBP)

SCE’s Demand Bidding Program (DBP) is a year-round, flexible, Internet-based bidding program that offers business customers credits for voluntarily reducing power when a DBP event is called.

Demand Response Contracts

CPUC Decision 08-03-017, dated March 13, 2008, and CPUC Decision 09-08-027, dated August 24, 2009, approved SCE's requests to procure demand response resources from third party providers. The following organizations are currently authorized to enroll customers to participate in this SCE demand response program through December 31, 2012.

Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment Program (OBMC)

The Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment program (OBMC) exempts customers from rotating outages. In exchange, customers must make 15% of the load on their entire circuit available for reduction during every rotating outage. Customers will be required to file an OBMC Plan, acceptable to SCE, prior to participation in this program.

Summer Discount Plan (SDP)

SCE’s Summer Discount Plan (SDP) provides participating residential and business customers a simple way to save money during the summer season (June 1st to October 1st). Choose the program option that best fits your business or lifestyle needs.

Technical Assistance and Technology Incentives (TA&TI)

Southern California Edison's (SCE) Technical Assistance and Technology Incentives (TA&TI) Program provides eligible SCE customers technical assistance in the form of demand response site assessments at no charge, and financial incentives for the installation of technologies that reduce electricity usage during periods of high demand. These services are also intended to give you increased flexibility to participate in other demand response programs that provide additional energy-saving incentives.

Real-Time Pricing (RTP-2)

Real-Time Pricing (RTP-2) is available to customers with a maximum demand greater than 500 kW. This rate benefits customers with the flexibility to shift or reduce energy usage based on temperature-driven pricing variations. Customers are billed hourly electricity prices that vary based on the time of day, season and temperature. SCE uses temperatures based on data recorded the previous day from Downtown Los Angeles by the National Weather Service. RTP-2 customers can also take advantage of additional savings by participating in other demand response programs.

Scheduled Load Reduction Program (SLRP - PDF)

Southern California Edison (SCE) offers the Scheduled Load Reduction Program (SLRP) to qualified bundled-service customers whose average monthly demand is 100 kW or above. With SLRP, you can receive a $0.10 per kilowatt-hour credit on your bill for reducing load on prescheduled days and times on weekdays during the summer months of June 1 through September 30. To qualify, you must have an average monthly energy demand of 100 kW and must be willing to commit to a load reduction of at least 15%, based on your maximum demand over the previous 12 months, which cannot be less than 100 kW.

SLRP Fact Sheet (PDF)

Pumping and Agricultural Real-Time Pricing (PA-RTP)

All bundled service agricultural and water pumping customers may take advantage of savings from Southern California Edison's (SCE) Pumping and Agricultural Real-Time Pricing (PA-RTP) rate. This rate is beneficial to customers with the flexibility to shift or reduce energy usage to times when temperatures (and electricity prices) are lower.

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