• Low rates are a cornerstone of energy affordability.
  
  
• Rates are designed to promote energy efficiency and conservation.
  
  
• Load-factor pricing encourages efficient use of energy infrastructure.
  
  
• Load-factor pricing reduces cross subsidies among irrigation customers.
  
  
• Load-factor pricing will financially benefit customers with a high load-factor regardless of their participation in the company’s Irrigation Peak Rewards and/or Irrigation Efficiency Rewards programs.

Find answers to frequently asked questions and other helpful links on our Agricultural Irrigation Customer Resources page.

To learn how in-season load-factor pricing can affect you, see the section below.

Load-Factor Energy Pricing (In-Season months only)

Instead of applying a single uniform energy rate to all in-season energy sales, the load-factor energy pricing mechanism divides the monthly kilowatt-hour sales into two segments:

• Segment 1 - First 164 kWh per kW of Demand
• Segment 2 - All Other kWh per KW of Demand

For example, if one month a customer has a Billing Demand of 10 kW and energy usage of 4,000 kWh, the energy portion of the bill would include:

• 1,640 kWh at the Segment 1 energy rate (164 * 10 kW)
• 2,360 kWh at the Segment 2 energy rate (4,000 kWh total usage – 1,640 kWh Segment 1)