Rate Class Definitions
Residential Rate - A residential elecrical rate is established to allocate costs to those domestic users, defined as an individual or family occupant of a residential premise, used for non-business, non-commerical, or non-industrial purpose. The total cost to the residential customer will consist of a "Monthly Customer Charge" and a "per KWH" charge.
Commercial Rate - A commerical electrical rate is established to allocate costs to those entities that are not defined as domestic users, and may have single phase or three phase service, but do not have a maximum demand over 50 KWH in any given month. Separate "Monthly Customer Charges" are set for the single and three phase customers, but the "per KWH" cost will be the same for both.
Industrial Rate- An industrial electrical rate is established to allocate costs to those entities that have demands of more than 50 KW in any given month. These customers will be charged a "Monthly Customer Charge" but due to the burden that these demands put on the entire distribution system, a "Monthly Demand Charge per KW" will be assessed as well as the "per KWH" cost.
It should be noted that some Industrial customers that were on the edge of the "50 KW" range have worked very hard and have been able to get their demand below that number, so the BPW reviews the demand status of our customers to determine what the "Demand" has been in a 12 month period and places the customer in the proper rate.