Effective October 2025
Applicable
Applicable to domestic use of all residential customers. Service under the Residential Rate shall apply only to single phase electric service in a single-family house, separately metered single-family apartment, mobile homes and domestic farm. Private dwellings in which space is occasionally used for the conduct of business by a person residing therein will be served under the Residential Rate. Where a portion of a dwelling is used regularly for the conduct of business, the electricity consumed in that portion so used, will be separately metered and billed under the General Service Rate. If separate circuits are not provided by the customer, the entire premises shall be classified as nonresidential and billed accordingly. The Residential Rate shall not apply to service to institutions such as clubs, fraternities, orphanages, or nursing homes; recognized rooming or boarding houses; the space in an apartment or other residential buildings primarily devoted to use as an office or studio for professional or other gainful purposes.
Type of Service
Alternating current, single phase, 60 cycles at available secondary voltage. Service under this rate classification shall include single phase pumps for domestic use.
Rate
Energy Charge
All kWh per billing period @ 8.66¢ per kWh
Facilities Charge
$32.56 per billing period
Minimum Charge
The minimum billing period charge shall be the facilities charge.
Line Extension Policy
Whenever it is necessary to install new distribution facilities, extend or reinforce existing distribution facilities, the rates and charges above are subject to the provisions of the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc., “Line Extension Policy.”
Delivery Point
The above rates are based upon the supply of service through a single delivery point, and a single voltage. Separate supply for the same customer at other points of consumption, or at a different voltage, shall be separately metered and billed.
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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Effective October 2025
Applicable
Applicable to all nonresidential customers with a demand up to 350 kW. Energy supplied under this schedule shall not be sub-metered for resale or resold to others, except for RV Parks which may be allowed to sub-meter individual spaces with the sub-metered tenants charged at Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s applicable rate schedule.
Type of Service
Alternating current, single phase and three phase, 60 cycles at available secondary voltage. Includes temporary service to construction projects and other such temporary loads as specified in the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc., Service Policy.
Rate
SMALL GENERAL SERVICE RATE (GENS)
All services 50 kW and under
ENERGY CHARGE - ALL KWH
All kWh per billing period @ 4.72¢ per kWh
DEMAND CHARGE
$7.74 per kW demand for billing period
FACILITIES CHARGE
$35.00 per billing period
LARGE GENERAL SERVICE RATE (GENL)
All services over 50 kW
ENERGY CHARGE - ALL KWH
All kWh per billing period @ 4.72¢ per kWh
DEMAND CHARGE
$9.10 per kW demand for billing period
FACILITIES CHARGE
$120.00 per billing period
If the kW reading exceeds the maximum allowed on the customers current rate schedule more than once in the preceding 12 billing periods, the account will be re-assigned to the appropriate rate schedule.
Minimum Charge
The net minimum charge will be the above facilities charge. A higher minimum may be required under contract to cover special conditions.
Determination of Billing Demand
Demand measurement will be made by suitable instruments at the point of delivery. Demand for any billing period shall be defined as the average kilowatt delivery during the 15 minute period in which consumption of energy is greatest during the billing period for which the bill is rendered.
Line Extension Policy
Whenever it is necessary to install new distribution facilities, extend or reinforce existing distribution facilities, the rates and charges above are subject to the provisions of the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc., “Line Extension Policy.”
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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Effective October 2025
Applicable
Applicable to all agricultural irrigation pumping applications with member’s aggregate load in excess of 10 horsepower. Applicable to all agricultural irrigation pumping applications that require three-phase service.
Type of Service
Alternating current, single-phase and three-phase, 60 cycles at available secondary voltage.
Rate
Energy Charge - All kWh
All kWh per billing period @ 4.72¢ per kWh
Demand Charge
$11.37 per kW demand for billing period
Facilities Charge
$65.00 per billing period April-October
The facilities charge per metered service shall be billed for the period beginning April 1 and ending October 31 of each year.
Determination of Billing Demand
Demand measurement will be made by suitable instruments at the point of delivery where reasonably practicable; where metering is impracticable, such demands shall be estimated from the connected load and method of operation of the pumping equipment on the basis of suitable field tests. Demand, where indicated or recorded, shall be defined as the average kilowatt delivery during the 15-minute period in which consumption of energy is greatest during the billing period for which the bill is rendered.
Line Extension Policy
Whenever it is necessary to install new distribution facilities, extend, or reinforce existing distribution facilities, the rates and charges above are subject to the provisions of the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc., “Line Extension Policy.”
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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Effective February 2026
Applicable
Applicable to all consumers for dusk to dawn outdoor lighting where service is available under existing line extension policies.
Rate
Light Charge
100 Watt or Less, LED - $9.28 per billing period
100 Watt, high pressure sodium - $12.32 per billing period
175 Watt, mercury vapor - $15.75 per billing period
Pole Charge
Wood Pole - $3.61 per billing period
Metal Pole - $6.51 per billing period
Condition of Service
Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. will operate and maintain the lighting installation. Individual lamps will be replaced on burnout, as soon as reasonably possible after notification by the consumer, during normal working hours, and at no additional charge to the consumer.
Central Electric Cooperative, Inc, reserves the right to contract for the maintenance of lighting service provided hereunder.
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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Effective October 2025
Applicable
Applicable to lighting for public streets and highways and public grounds and areas, supplied to municipalities or agencies of federal, state, or local government where funds for payment for electrical service are provided through taxation or assessment.
Rate
| Type of Light | Watts | Billing Period Charge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| L.E.D. | 100 or less | $9.28 | |
| L.E.D. | Greater than 100 | $10.87 | |
| H.P.S. | 70 | $9.94 | |
| H.P.S. | 100 | $11.52 | |
| H.P.S. | 150 | $14.45 | |
| H.P.S. | 200 | $17.38 |
Conditions of Service
From dusk to dawn daily, controlled by light sensitive relay or other device at Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s option. Individual lamps will be replaced upon burnout, as soon as reasonably possible after notification, during normal Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. working hours, and at no additional charge to the consumer. Street lights installed before January 20, 2005 are subject to a $5.80 per billing period pole fee.
Line Extension Policy
Whenever it is necessary to install new distribution facilities, extend, or reinforce existing distribution facilities, the rates and charges above are subject to the provisions of the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. “Line Extension Policy”.
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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Effective October 2025
Applicable
Applicable to all commercial electric vehicle charging power customers. Commercial electric vehicle charging power customers are those with electric vehicle charging equipment installed and established for providing a retail charging service of electricity as a transportation fuel.
Type of Service
Alternating current, single-phase and three-phase, 60 cycles at available secondary voltage.
Rate
Energy Charge
All kWh per billing period @ 5.96¢ per kWh
Demand Charge
$4.70 per kW demand for billing period
Facilities Charge
$65.47 per billing period
Minimum Charge
The net minimum charge will be the above facilities charge. A higher minimum may be required under contract to cover special conditions.
Determination of Billing Demand
Demand measurement will be made by suitable instruments at the point of delivery. Demand for any billing period shall be defined as the average kilowatt delivery during the 15-minute period in which consumption of energy is greatest during the billing period for which the bill is rendered.
Line Extension Policy
Whenever it is necessary to install new distribution facilities, extend or reinforce existing distribution facilities, the rates and charges above are subject to the provisions of the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc., “Line Extension Policy.”
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Commercial EV Charging Rate (EV)(PDF)– includes EV01
Effective October 2025
Applicable
Applicable to all nonresidential customers with a demand exceeding 350 kW. Energy supplied under this schedule shall not be sub-metered for resale or resold to others.
Type of Service
Alternating current, three-phase, 60 cycles at available secondary voltage. Includes temporary service to construction projects and other such temporary loads as specified in the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. General Service Rate Schedule B. A Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. customer shall qualify for the Industrial Service Rate if the customer’s average of the 2 greatest non-zero demands established during 12 billing periods exceeds 350 kW.
Rate
Energy Charge
All kWh per billing period @ 4.72¢ per kWh
Demand Charge
$9.65 per kW demand for billing period
Facilities Charge
Three-Phase, 350 kW and above - $120 per billing period
Minimum Charge
The net minimum charge will be the above facilities charge. A higher minimum may be required under contract to cover special conditions.
Determination of Billing Demand
Demand measurement will be made by suitable instruments at the point of delivery. Demand for any billing period shall be defined as the average kilowatt delivery during the 15-minute period in which consumption of energy is greatest during the billing period for which the bill is rendered.
Line Extension Policy
Whenever it is necessary to install new distribution facilities, extend or reinforce existing distribution facilities, the rates and charges above are subject to the provisions of the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. “Line Extension Policy.”
Reactive Power Charge
The maximum 15-minute reactive demand for the billing period in kilovolt-amperes in excess of 40% of the measured kilowatt demand for the same billing period will be billed, in addition to the above charges, at 62¢ per kVar of such excess reactive demand.
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Industrial Service Rate (F) (PDF)– includes IND15
Effective February 2024
Available
Net-Metering service is available to any Customer-Generator on a first-come, first-served basis up to the Cumulative Limit. When this Cumulative Limit has been reached, Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. (“Central Electric”) reserves the right to deny Net-Metering service under this Schedule N or otherwise to any new or additional Net-Metering Facilities.
Applicable
Net-Metering service is available to a Customer-Generator that owns and operates a Net-Metering Facility that meets all of the eligibility qualifications set forth in Central Electric’s Net-Metering Policy.
Billing for Electric Service
Central Electric shall charge the Customer-Generator for all applicable charges for the electric service to the premises on which the Net-Metering Facility is located, including without limitation energy charges for any amount by which energy supplied by Central Electric exceeds the energy generated by the Net-Metering Facility, consistent with the rate schedule that would otherwise apply to the Customer-Generator's premises notwithstanding the existence of the Net-Metering Facility.
Excess Energy Credit
Any Excess Energy for a billing period shall be valued by Central Electric as set forth below. The value of the Excess Energy shall be credited to the Customer-Generator's account and shall be used to offset charges for electric service to Customer-Generator's account for the electric service to the premises on which energy supplied by Central Electric exceeds the energy generated by the Net-Metering Facility during future billing periods. The Customer-Generator may request that Central Electric disburse to the Customer-Generator the value of any such unallocated Excess Energy credits.
Valuation of Excess Energy
Excess Energy delivered to Central Electric's system shall be valued based upon Central Electric's average system cost for wholesale power over the applicable Valuation Period. The average system cost for wholesale power will be calculated by Central Electric in its sole but reasonable discretion taking into account the then-current wholesale power and transmission rates of the Bonneville Power Administration as well as other applicable wholesale power market rates. Central Electric may take into account any applicable wholesale time-of-use charges, capacity charges, including heavy and light load wholesale rates, and any other applicable wholesale power charges. Central Electric shall update its average system costs annually, to be effective as of November 1 of each year.
Additional Charges
Central Electric shall pass through to a Customer-Generator any charges assessed by a wholesale power supplier that are directly attributable to the Customer-Generator’s Net-Metering Facility, including, but not limited to, Bonneville Power Administration ancillary and transmission charges.
Definitions
"Cumulative Limit" means the cumulative generating capacity of Net-Metering Facilities receiving Net-Metering service pursuant to this Rate Schedule is greater than or equal to:
(a) 0.5% of Central Electric's historic single-hour coincident peak load for Small Net-Metering Facilities; and
(b) The cumulative capacity limit established for Large Net-Metering Facilities by Central Electric, in its sole discretion, pursuant to Central Electric’s Net-Metering Policy.
"Customer-Generator" means any member of Central Electric that owns and operates an eligible Net-Metering Facility.
"Excess Energy" means the amount by which electricity generated by a Net-Metering Facility exceeds the amount of energy supplied by Central Electric to the Customer-Generator's premises for any applicable billing period.
“Large Net-Metering Facility” means a Non-Residential Net-Metering Facility with a maximum nameplate generating capacity greater than 25 kilowatts (kW) and not more than 1 megawatt (MW).
"Net-Metering" means the measurement over the applicable billing period of the difference between the amount of retail electricity supplied to a Customer-Generator by Central Electric and the electric energy that is generated by the Customer-Generator's Net-Metering Facility and that is fed back to Central Electric's system.
"Net-Metering Facility" means any generating facility that meets all of the eligibility qualifications set forth in Central Electric’s Net-Metering Policy. As used in this Schedule N, including a Residential Net-Metering Facility, a Non-Residential Net-Metering Facility, a “Large Net-Metering Facility” and a “Small Net-Metering Facility.
"Non-Residential Net-Metering Facility” means a Net-Metering Facility owned and operated by a Customer-Generator receiving retail electric service under Rate Schedule B (General Service Rate), Rate Schedule C (Agricultural Irrigation Rate), Schedule F (Industrial Service Rate), or Rate Schedule EV (Commercial EV Charging Rate).
“Residential Net-Metering Facility” means a Net-Metering Facility owned and operated by a Customer-Generator receiving retail electric service under Rate Schedule A (Residential). “Small Net-Metering Facility” means a Net-Metering Facility (Residential or Non-Residential) with a maximum nameplate generating capacity of not more than 25 kilowatts (kW).
“Small Net-Metering Facility” means a Net-Metering Facility (Residential or Non-Residential) with a maximum nameplate generating capacity of not more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts (kW).
"Valuation Period" means each twelve (12) month period between October 1 and September 30.
Rules and Regulations
Service under this Rate Schedule N is subject to modification by the Board of Directors of Central Electric.
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Effective January 2024
Available
Generator interconnection and wheeling service is available throughout the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. service area through existing facilities of adequate capacity subject to the technical requirements of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. The facility must comply with all requirements set forth in the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. Interconnection and Wheeling policy.
Applicable
Applicable to a power generation facility that is located within Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s service territory and on the Interconnection Member’s premises that interconnects to Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s transmission and/or distribution facilities and uses them to wheel power to the wholesale power grid. If the Interconnection Member’s generation is connected to the Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. distribution system, the member must pay both the distribution and transmission wheeling charges because both systems will be required to wheel the generated power to the wholesale power grid.
Rate
Wheeling Charge
Distribution Connected – Total Nameplate Capacity $6.11 per kW per billing period
Transmission Connected – Total Nameplate Capacity $1.50 per kW per billing period
Definition
Wheeling is the use of CEC’s transmission and/or distribution facilities to transmit generated power within Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s service territory to a point of connection with the wholesale power grid.
Measurement of Wheeling Demand
The wheeling charge will be based on the total nameplate capacity at the Interconnection Member’s generation facility as specified in the customer’s Interconnection and Wheeling agreement and will be billed on a CEC determined billing cycle throughout the year, regardless of whether power is being generated or not.
Losses
Losses between the point of interconnection and the point of delivery shall be calculated by Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Rules and Regulations
Service under this classification is subject to present and future rules and regulations of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc
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