Event Day Pricing Plans
With event day pricing plans, it matters when you use energy. If you can shift your home or business’ energy use between certain hours, you can maximize savings with an event day pricing plan.
About Event Days
An event day occurs when there is a call for customers to reduce their energy use between certain hours to help ease the strain on the energy grid. Up to 18 event days may be called per year.
The most common event day triggers are based on system load and temperature. For example, SDG&E may call an event day when electric system reliability is in jeopardy or when reductions in customers’ electricity use are needed during periods of high demand on the grid. Other triggers can include electrical emergency alerts issued by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) or an SDG&E system emergency that affects local grid operations.
When your home or business is enrolled in an event day pricing plan it’s important to shift energy outside the daily on peak pricing period in addition to when an event day occurs. If you can shift energy outside of these hours, then an event day pricing plan may work for your home or business.
Event Day Pricing Plans for Your Home
As an SDG&E bundled residential customer, you can maximize your savings with the Time-of-Use Plus (TOU-DRP) pricing plan which has three pricing time periods and offer savings on energy use outside the on-peak hours of 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and during nights and weekends. Additionally, the TOU-DRP plan includes a Reduce Your Use event day component, which may call for you to conserve energy when it’s most needed by the grid.
View TOU-DR-P Pricing Plan (See the third plan on the page.)
Event Day Pricing Plans for Your Business
Time-of-Use Plus pricing plans are best for business customers who are currently receiving bundled utility service on a small non-residential rate or on a medium/large non-residential rate with a maximum monthly demand below 20 kW for three consecutive months.
As an SDG&E business customer, choose from one of three plans based on the time of energy use that works best for your business.
Time-of-Use Plus plans include two to three pricing time periods and offer savings on energy use outside of the on-peak hours and depending on which plan you choose, there may also be benefits to shifting energy use to nights and weekends. Additionally, Time-of-Use Plus plans also include a Reduce Your Use event day component, which may call for you to conserve energy when it’s most needed by the grid.
The Critical Peak Pricing (CPP-D) plan is best for business customers who are currently receiving bundled utility services on a commercial/utility rate with a maximum monthly demand greater than 20 kW for 12 consecutive months.
As an SDG&E business customer, the Critical Peak Pricing plan includes three pricing time periods and offers savings outside of the on-peak hours and on energy use during nights and weekends. and Additionally, CPP-D includes a Critical Peak Pricing event day component, which may call for you to conserve energy when it’s most needed by the grid.
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