Residential Electric Heating Rate - Rate Code 101

What this tariff charges

Energy rates

The charged price is the base rate plus its adjustment. Adjustments carry fuel and rider costs and are frequently most of the bill, so a comparison built on the base rate alone is meaningless.

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What it costs at different usage levels

Effective rate includes the fixed charge, which is why it falls as usage rises. This is a time-of-use tariff, so the result also depends on when power is used; an average residential pattern is assumed. Details →

The utility's own description

AVAILABILITY: At any point on the Board's existing secondary distribution system. APPLICATION: For residential service to single family residences or individually metered residential dwellings using electric heat as the primary source of heating. 1. Available to residential consumers with permanently installed electric space heating equipment. The electric heating equipment shall be of design approved by the Board of Public Utilities, and shall be thermostatically controlled, in regular use, and the primary source of comfort heating for the dwelling unit (exclusive of aesthetic fireplaces). 2. Electric heating equipment shall be of at least 2.5 kW, single phase, 60 hertz, at available voltage, and not connected through a separately metered circuit. The single phase, alternating current, electric service will be supplied at BPU's standard voltages of 240 volts or less, for residential uses, when all electric service furnished under this Schedule is measured by one meter. 3. Customer must apply for this rate, and the installation must pass the Board of Public Utilities size and efficiency tests. Use of such residential electric heating equipment is subject to rules and regulations, and approval by the local authority having jurisdiction CHARACTER OF SERVICE: Service will normally be single-phase, 60 cycles at approximately 120/240 volts. Threephase service may be made available as provided for by the Board's Rules and Regulations.