What is the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP)?

ELRP is a flexible Demand Response (DR) program. When you participate in ELRP, not only do you conserve energy and help the environment, but you also receive financial incentives to use less energy during grid emergencies. While you’re relieving stress on the grid to help prevent power shortages in your community, you’ll earn $2 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) reduced during ELRP events, with zero penalties if you can’t participate.

You choose how much energy you need to stay up and running and we’ll provide advance notice of an impending power interruption, according to your preference. When a BIP event is initiated, we notify your designated contacts via email, phone, and/or text (SMS) that a period of interruption has begun. Events are limited to 1 per day, 10 per calendar month, and up to 6 hours each for a maximum of 180 hours per calendar year. Depending on your level of energy reduction, you’ll receive bill credits as compensation.

To be eligible to participate, non-residential (commercial, industrial, and agricultural) individual bundled-service customers must be able to reduce load by a minimum of one kilowatt during an ELRP event, have an SCE-approved interval meter or SmartConnect™ meter that can measure energy consumption, at least hourly, and if applicable, can measure exported energy. Dual participation in BIP, AP-I, SDP-C, CPP, and RTP is allowed. Customers are encouraged to review their historical summer energy demands to determine an achievable bid amount.

Notice of an ELRP event may be delivered the day before an event, or in the case of an emergency the same day a reduction is needed. Event hours are between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., any day of the week, including holidays, between May 1 and October 31 and last a minimum of one hour to a maximum of five hours.

If you directly enroll, usually your enrollment will be processed within two weeks. If it is determined that any of your service accounts are not eligible for ELRP, Customer Service will contact you to explain the reasons why.

If you directly enroll, once your enrollment is verified, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you entered in the Contact Details section of your enrollment application.

If you enroll with an aggregator or third-party demand response provider (DRP), please contact them for your ELRP enrollment status.

If you are a non-residential customer, you do not have to re-enroll at the start of each program season; your enrollment will continue year-to-year, unless you decide to disenroll.

Your aggregator or third-party demand response provider (DRP) may be eligible to enroll in ELRP. Please contact them for ELRP information. If you are enrolled in the Base Interruptible Program (BIP) through an aggregator and they choose not to enroll in ELRP, you will only be able to enroll in ELRP as long as your Firm Service Level can be determined.

If you are directly enrolled in ELRP, you may end your participation by sending written notice to support@elrp.sce.com. Your disenrollment will be effective within 30 business days after the written notice is received.

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