• Exemption from rotating outages
• Create a successful energy management plan
• Help preserve the environment

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.

Program Benefits

This program exempts participating customers from total load reduction during a rotating outage in exchange for partial load reduction during all rotating outages.

Eligibility

Eligible customers are those who can independently or in aggregate reduce their entire circuit’s load by up to 15%, in increments of 5%, during every rotating outage, as determined by the prior year’s same month average peak period load, adjusted for major changes in facilities. Specifically, customers will need to provide certain circuit load information. 

When applicable, SCE may contact other businesses on the circuit to invite them to participate. Customers electing to participate must then develop and submit a workable OBMC Plan and obtain SCE approval of the OBMC Plan prior to participation.

Participation in Other Demand Response Programs

With limitations, customers participating in OBMC may also participate in other demand response programs for additional incentives. For more information, please contact your SCE Account Representative or visit www.sce.com/drp.

Incentives, Penalties and Calculations

There are no monetary incentives for participating in OBMC. However, participating customers are exempt from total load reductions during a rotating outage. Penalties (excess energy charges) apply if the customer (or group of customers on a circuit) fails to achieve the required circuit load reduction of up to 15 % (the excess energy charge is $6.00/kWh).

Your performance is measured based on a 10-day baseline, which may include an optional adjustment day.

You may also select the 10-day Average Baseline with a “Day-Of” adjustment. The “Day-Of” adjustment is a ratio of (a) the average load of the first three hours of the four hours before the event to (b) the average load of the same hours from the last 10 weekdays. The adjustment is symmetrical (upward or downward, as indicated by the average) and is capped at 20%. This option excludes OBMC, CPP, or other DR program event days. For more information, please visit www.sce.com/drp.

Seasons

The summer season begins at 12:00 a.m. on June 1 and continues until 12:00 a.m. on October 1 each year. All other periods comprise the winter season. 

For More Information

If you have questions regarding the OBMC program or any other SCE program, please call 1-866-334-7827 or contact your SCE Account Representative.

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