A peak-time occurs when there is a very high amount of electricity usage on the system during a specific period (most often hot and humid summer days) in June, July, and August. These peak-times are when it is the most expensive to meet the electric demands of our members.

Typically, there are three to five days a month when a peak-time could occur.

You will earn $1 for every kilowatt-hour (kWh) of energy you reduce from your baseline* during the peak-time. How much you earn is determined by your participation effort. The more aggressive you are about lowering your energy consumption (turning off appliances, adjusting your thermostat, etc.), the more you will save.

Example: Baseline is 16 kWh. During the peak-time you reduce your energy to 12 kWh. Based on a $1 per kWh rebate, you’d earn $4 for that single event.

*Baseline - Usage = Kilowatt hour savings
Rebate = $1.00 x kilowatt hours saved

Up to 24-hours in advance of the upcoming peak-time, you will receive notification via email (and text if you like) with specific details about the event. Typically, events will last about three hours and can occur between the hours of 4 p.m.-9 p.m. any day of the week.

For every kilowatt-hour you reduce, you will get a rebate. However, if for any reason you don’t reduce your electric usage or it happens to go up, you simply won’t get a rebate for that event. You will never be penalized for not reducing your energy during a peak-time and your eligibility for earning a rebate during other peak-times will not be affected.

Your rebate will be posted to your online account within two business days of the peak-time. An email will be sent to let you know when the savings have been calculated and posted to your account.

A “baseline” will be determined from your three highest usage days over the 10-day period prior to the event. During the peak-time, every kilowatt hour you reduce below that baseline will be used in calculating your rebate.

When calculating your baseline, your participation in the PowerNap Air Conditioning program is automatically factored into the rebate calculation and takes into consideration the monthly credit you already receive for being enrolled in the PowerNap Air Conditioning program (that credit appears separately on the back of your monthly bill). Keep in mind, the amount of air conditioning you use in the days prior to the event may also have an impact on your credit. If your air conditioning use (or total household electric usage) is normally low, earning additional peak-time rebate credits may be more difficult.

Unfortunately, no. It is not possible to calculate an accurate baseline for the PTR program for members who generate their own power.