Critical Peak Pricing Rate Schedule
Critical Peak Pricing (CPP)
Summertime is naturally a period when energy use is at its peak. If your organization can voluntarily reduce some or all of your energy load during a few peak periods in the summer, the Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) rate will compensate you in return, resulting in savings on your electric bills.
SCE's Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) offers benefits for shifting or reducing electricity use during critical peak events in the summer season.
How CPP Works
A CPP event may be called (between 9 and 15 times per summer) when demand for energy significantly increases. During the winter (October through May) you pay the same energy and demand charges as your base rate (TOU-GS-3B or TOU-8-B, whichever is applicable).
During CPP events, energy charges increase significantly. By reducing electricity usage during the four-hour CPP event, you can avoid these higher prices and benefit from lower electricity bills.
CPP events are limited in number and duration, and are activated (or “called”) for a few essential reasons. SCE may, at its discretion, call events during summer weekdays (non-holidays) due to:
- California Independent System Operator (CAISO) alert
- Forecasts of SCE system emergencies
- Forecasts of extreme or unusual conditions impacting system demand
- High day-ahead load and/or price forecast
- National Weather Service’s maximum recorded temperature in downtown Los Angeles greater than 90 degrees by 2:00 p.m. (DST)
SCE will begin to notify customers via telephone call, pager or e-mail no later than 3:00 p.m. the day before a CPP event, providing the opportunity to shift load or eliminate peak power use during the CPP event. If SCE cannot reach you by phone on the first attempt, we will try at least two more times by phone (but will only try once by pager or e-mail) and notification receipt is not guaranteed.
CPP Benefits to You
- Summertime credits — CPP provides reduced monthly on-peak demand charges throughout the summer season.
- Bill protection — for the first 12 consecutive months on a CPP rate, you will not pay more than the amount you would have paid on your base rate (TOU-GS-3-B or TOU-8-B, whichever is applicable to you).
- Helping the environment — in addition to saving money by avoiding high energy charges, reducing on-peak electricity demand also helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and defer the construction of additional power plants.
Eligibility
CPP is the default rate for bundled service customers with demands equal to or greater than 200 kilowatts (kW). With limitations, customers participating in CPP may also participate in other demand response programs for additional incentives. For more information, please contact your SCE Account Representative.
Easy To Participate
Call your SCE Account Representative for more information about CPP. If you do not have an Account Representative, please call the CPP Helpline at (866) 334-7827.
Please refer to SCE's Tariff Books for a complete list of terms and conditions of service.
