Agriculture and Pumping

Agricultural and Pumping Rates

If your business uses 70% percent or more of electricity for Agricultural Power Service¹, general water or sewage pumping, or oil pumping (SIC Code 1311), SCE’s Agricultural and Pumping rates might interest you and help you save money. For more information about any of the rates described below, please contact SCE at 1-800-655-4555 or click on the links below.

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Rate Plans
Rate Plan	Description
TOU-PA-2	Small and medium-sized Agricultural and Pumping customers with maximum demands expected to be less than 200 kW¹ You may benefit from this plan if you are able to shift most of your energy use to the off-peak hours in the summer and super-off peak hours in the winter. Option D of this rate has lower energy charges compared to Option E but has both Time-Related Demand and Facilities-Related Demand charges. Option E of this rate has higher energy charges compared to Option D and a Facilities-Related Demand charge, but no Time Related Demand Charges. Customers on this rate schedule may also participate in the Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) program as an available rate option. If your business is able to reduce its energy use during CPP Event Periods, you can lower your electric costs during the summer season — when your bills are typically the highest.
TOU-PA-3	Large Agricultural and Pumping customers with maximum demands expected to be between 200 kW and 500 kW² Customers with demands above 500 kW are eligible for this rate schedule if they meet certain eligibility criteria, including individual water agencies and water pumping accounts that pump 70 percent or more of their water for agricultural purposes and for all customers that meet SCE’s Rule 1 Definition of Agricultural Power Service¹. You may benefit from this plan if you are able to shift most of your energy use to the off-peak hours in the summer and super-off peak hours in the winter. Option D of this rate has lower energy charges compared to Option E but has both Time-Related Demand and Facilities-Related Demand charges. Option E of this rate has higher energy charges compared to Option D and a Facilities-Related Demand charge, but no Time Related Demand Charges Customers on this rate schedule may also participate in the Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) program as an available rate option. If your business is able to reduce its energy use during CPP Event Periods, you can lower your electric costs during the summer season — when your bills are typically the highest.
Schedule AP-I	Available to Agricultural and Pumping customers with a measured demand of 37 kW or greater, or with at least 50 horsepower of connected load. Provides a year-round monthly credit in the summer on-peak period and the winter mid-peak period to eligible customers who allow SCE to temporarily interrupt electric service during program events. Offered on a contractual basis. Requires a Prohibited Resource Attestation agreement
Real Time Pricing(RTP)	Customers are billed hourly electricity prices for generation that vary based on the time of day, season, and temperature. You may benefit from this plan if you have the flexibility to shift or reduce energy usage based on temperature-driven pricing variations This rate has both Time-Related Demand and Facilities-Related Demand charges

Rate Plans

Rate Plan	TOU-PA-2
Description	Small and medium-sized Agricultural and Pumping customers with maximum demands expected to be less than 200 kW.1 You may benefit from this plan if you are able to shift most of your energy use to the off-peak hours in the summer and super-off peak hours in the winter. Option D of this rate has lower energy charges compared to Option E but has both Time-Related Demand and Facilities-Related Demand charges. Option E of this rate has higher energy charges compared to Option D and a Facilities-Related Demand charge, but no Time Related Demand Charges. Customers on this rate schedule may also participate in the Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) program as an available rate option. If your business is able to reduce its energy use during CPP Event Periods, you can lower your electric costs during the summer season — when your bills are typically the highest.
Rate Plan	TOU-PA-3
Description	Large Agricultural and Pumping customers with maximum demands expected to be between 200 kW and 500 kW2. Customers with demands above 500 kW are eligible for this rate schedule if they meet certain eligibility criteria, including individual water agencies and water pumping accounts that pump 70 percent or more of their water for agricultural purposes and for all customers that meet SCE’s Rule 1 Definition of Agricultural Power Service1. You may benefit from this plan if you are able to shift most of your energy use to the off-peak hours in the summer and super-off peak hours in the winter. Option D of this rate has lower energy charges compared to Option E but has both Time-Related Demand and Facilities-Related Demand charges. Option E of this rate has higher energy charges compared to Option D and a Facilities-Related Demand charge, but no Time Related Demand Charges Customers on this rate schedule may also participate in the Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) program as an available rate option. If your business is able to reduce its energy use during CPP Event Periods, you can lower your electric costs during the summer season — when your bills are typically the highest.
Rate Plan	Schedule AP-I
Description	Available to Agricultural and Pumping customers with a measured demand of 37 kW or greater, or with at least 50 horsepower of connected load. Provides a year-round monthly credit to eligible customers who allow SCE to temporarily interrupt electric service during program events. Offered on a contractual basis. Requires a Prohibited Resource Attestation agreement
Rate Plan	Real Time Pricing(RTP)
Description	Customers are billed hourly electricity prices for generation that vary based on the time of day, season, and temperature. You may benefit from this plan if you have the flexibility to shift or reduce energy usage based on temperature-driven pricing variations This rate has both Time-Related Demand and Facilities-Related Demand charges

¹Agricultural Power Service, is defined in SCE’s Rule 1 Definitions, as “the electric energy and service used by a customer on the same Premises where the customer produces agricultural or horticultural products, including poultry and livestock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agricultural Power Service also applies to electric usage for: (1) packing houses that pack only whole fruits or whole vegetables, and associated cold storage on the same Premises as the packing houses; (2) cotton gins; (3) nut hulling and shelling operations; or (4) the production of unflavored fluid milk fit for human consumption by way of pasteurization, homogenization, vitaminization or fat standardization.

²To be eligible, 70 percent or more of your electrical usage must be for Agricultural Power Service, general water or sewerage pumping, or for oil pumping, as determined by SCE, and any remaining electrical usage may not be for purposes for which a domestic schedule is applicable.

Seasonal Incentives
Rate Options	Features and Benefits
Critical Peak Pricing (CPP)	CPP is an optional rate that offers a discount on summer electricity rates in exchange for higher prices during 12 CPP event days per year, usually occurring on the hottest summer days. By reducing your electricity use during CPP events, you can lower your electric costs during the summer season — when your bills are typically the highest For more information about CPP, go to sce.com/CPP

Seasonal Incentives

Rate Options

Features and Benefits

Critical Peak Pricing (CPP)

CPP is an optional rate that offers a discount on summer electricity rates in exchange for higher prices during 12 CPP event days per year, usually occurring on the hottest summer days. By reducing your electricity use during CPP events, you can lower your electric costs during the summer season — when your bills are typically the highest

For more information about CPP, go to sce.com/CPP