Large Business and Industrial Customers
The following Southern California Edison (SCE) rate schedules apply to customers who register demands above 500 kW:
- Large Business Rate Summary (PDF)
- Rate Schedule TOU-8
- Rate Schedule S
- Interruptible Rate Options
- Summer Discount Plan (SDP)
- Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment (OBMC)
- Demand Bidding Program (DBP)
- Time-of-Use Base Interruptible Program (TOU-BIP)
- Critical Peak Pricing (CPP)
- Real-Time Pricing (RTP-2)
- Rates for Boat Marinas or Small Craft Harbors
For more information about Southern California Edison's pricing schedules, visit SCE's online Tariff Book.
Businesses that register demands above 500 kW must take service on Rate Schedule TOU-8 or another large business rate schedule.
Rate Schedule TOU-8
The basic rate schedule for large-sized commercial and industrial customers who register demands greater than 500 kilowatts. These customers include large manufacturers and processors, supermarkets, colleges or universities, hospitals and office buildings.
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Other Rate Schedules That May Apply to Your Business
Rate Schedule S
Under Schedule S, SCE provides default service when the customer's generating facility is interrupted during scheduled or unscheduled outages (other than power outages or rotating outages). Schedule S ensures business will not be interrupted when the generator is not operating.
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Interruptible rate option AP-I
Available to new SCE customers, or existing customers who add new load. Under this option, SCE charges lower rates in exchange for the ability to interrupt service.
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Summer Discount Plan
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.
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For program information, see SCE's Commercial Summer Discount Plan.
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.
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The links below provide more information on this program:
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. DBP is for bundled service and Direct Access customers who have at least one service account with a demand of 200 kilowatts (kW) or greater in any 3 months during the preceding 12 months. There are no penalties for submitting a bid and not reducing power. However, you will not receive credit for an event during which power is not reduced. Participants may include aggregated groups of up to 25 service accounts with a combined demand of greater than 200 kW.
If you are already participating in this program, proceed to the sign-on screen.
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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.
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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.
CPP offers benefits for shifting or reducing electricity use during critical peak events in the summer season.
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Real-Time Pricing (RTP-2)
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. Available to customers with a maximum demand greater than 500 kW.
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Rates for Boat Marinas or Small Craft Harbors
Owners/Operators of privately or publicly owned boat marinas or small craft harbors normally take service from SCE through a single meter under an applicable general service schedule. Such customers are permitted to submeter and bill certain tenants within the boat marinas or small craft harbors for electrical usage and the owner/operator must adhere to the requirements of SCE's Rule 18 when submetering and billing tenants.
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