For customers who have monthly demand less than 60 kW and a consumption of 2,000 kWh or more in any month.
Are TOU rates right for your business?
As a business customer, you have concerns about running your company as cost-effectively as possible. With Time-of-Use rates, there may be an opportunity to save money on your electric bill all year.
How does it work?
TOU rates are based on how much energy you use and when you use it. Your rate will vary according to the time of day or night, the day of the week, and the season of the year.
Think about the time of day when you use energy the most. Summer or winter, most of the low-rate time periods (as shown in the charts below) are nights and weekends.Your ability to reduce your bill depends on a number of factors, such as the type of business you have and how much of your energy usage you can shift to a lower-cost period or spread over a 24-hour period. For example, a 24-hour convenience store or gas station are usually good candidates for TOU because their energy usage can be spread across the mid and off-peak hours.
If you purchase your electricity from a supplier other than BGE, BGE’s generation and transmission.Time-of-Use rates do not apply. Please check with your supplier for their rates. You may be able to obtain TOU rates from another supplier.
Call 410-685-0123 to find out more information and determine if Time-of-Use rates will benefit your bottom line.
| | Peak-Cost | Mid-Cost | Low-Cost | |
Summer Savings
June through September
(Generation and Transmission)
| | Day | Night |
| | 7am | 10am | 8pm | 11pm | 7am |
| Monday | | | | |
| Tuesday | | | | |
| Wednesday | Mid-Cost | Peak-Cost | Mid-Cost | Low-Cost |
| Thursday | 9.440¢ | 15.436¢ | 9.440¢ | 7.517¢ |
| Friday | | | | | |
| Saturday | Low-Cost |
| Sunday | Low-Cost |
| Compare | Non TOU Summer Rate 11.256¢ per kWh |
Winter Savings
October through May
(Generation and Transmission)
| | Day | Night |
| | 7am | 11am | 5pm | 9pm | 7am |
| Monday | | | | |
| Tuesday | | | | |
| Wednesday | Peak-Cost | Mid-Cost | Peak-Cost | Low-Cost |
| Thursday | 12.080¢ | 10.372¢ | 12.080¢ | 8.247¢ |
| Friday | | | | |
| Saturday | Low-Cost |
| Sunday | Low-Cost |
| Compare | Non TOU Winter Rate 9.945¢ per kWh |
Low-cost rates are also in effect all hours on Saturday and Sunday, and on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Mondays following any of those holidays that fall on a Sunday.
The Non-Summer time periods shown above will begin and end one hour later for the period between the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in April, and for the period between the last Sunday in October and the first Sunday in November.
To help cover higher meter and billing costs, the customer charge for Time-of-Use rates is $17.50/month. All rates are subject to change.
TOU prices include generation and transmission charges. Prices above do not include delivery service charge of 2.153¢ / kWh, Rider 8-Energy Costs Adjustment, and Rider 10-Administrative Cost Adjustment.
You must also stay enrolled in the program for one year. After a year, if you find that the program is not suitable for your energy management needs, you can switch back to standard service.
Rates effective 09/10/07
