Skip to main content

Time of Use Rates

Filter by

16 resources

Example Public Utilities

California Time of Use PUC decision

California. After a series of pilots, California’s PUC adopted a decision (2018) guiding the state’s three major investor-owned utilities to roll-out time of use rates across the state. The move is ex...

Example States and State Governments

Virginia Acts ch. 763 (2019)

Virginia’s Acts Ch. 763 (2019) required utilities to develop pilots in community solar and time-of-use rates.utility

Example Public Utilities

Hawaii’s Time of Use Rates Requirements

In October 2022, Hawaii became the first state to generally approve time of use rates for utilities across its territory. The rate structure will encourage people to shift consumption away from the mo...

Resource Public Utilities

SEIA report, Getting More Granular

The Solar Energy Industries Association has prepared a white paper, Getting More Granular, analyzing how time and location-specific values may change the economics for distributed energy projects.

Resource Public Utilities

Report, Guidance for Utilities Commissions on Time of Use Rates

A team of consumer and clean energy advocates authored a 2017 paper, Guidance for Utilities Commissions on Time of Use Rates, making recommendations on developing policy goals, program design, impleme...

Example Public Utilities

Sacramento Time of Use Pilot

Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Time of Use Pilot (2012) was a multi-year pilot testing three time variant plans. Notably, the study found net benefits doubled when including a critical peak p...

Example Public Utilities

XCel Energy Time of Use pilot

Minnesota’s PUC approved a time-of-use pilot program proposed by X-Cel Energy expected to drive greater use of renewables and reduce peak demand. The two-year, 17,500-customer plan proposed by XCel En...

Resource States and State Governments

SEIA TOU White Paper

The Solar Energy Industries Association has prepared a white paper, Getting More Granular, analyzing how time and location-specific values may change the economics for distributed energy projects.

Example Public Utilities

Tucson Time of Use rate

Tucson Electric Power in Arizona received received approvalfor a new optional time-of-use rate which became the default rate for new customers starting in January 2019.

Example Public Utilities

NY Smart Home Rate Demonstration Projects

As part of the Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding, the NY PSC has approved several utilities to conduct Smart Home Rate demonstration projects. The projects will combine smart home capabilities wi...

Example Public Utilities

National Grid’s Voluntary Time of Use Rate for EVs

National Grid offers its NY customers a voluntary time-of-use rate for charging electric vehicles during the off-peak hours of 11pm to 7am. Most EVs can be programmed to charge during these hours usin...

Resource Public Utilities

2025 California Demand Response Potential Study

A Lawrence Berkeley National Labs report analyzing California’s Demand Response programs concluded that well-designed time-of-use rates could also optimize the use of DER for grid services and limit i...

Resource States and State Governments

RAP TOU Resources

The Regulatory Assistance Project develops knowledge and best practices pertaining to rate design, including specific resources on time of use rates.

Example Public Utilities

Proposed Rhode Island Opt-Out Time Varying Rates Program

In November 2017, National Grid filed a plan to implement an opt-out time varying rates program by 2022. In August 2018, the Rhode Island Commission requested further development of the advanced meter...

Resource Public Utilities

RAP Report, Time-Varying Rates in New England: Opportunities for Reform

Although some New England utilities offer modernized rates for special applications, like electric vehicles and battery storage, there is substantial room for improvement in time-varying residential p...

Resource Public Utilities

RAP resources on Time of Use rates

The Regulatory Assistance Project develops knowledge and best practices pertaining to rate design, including specific resources on time of use rates.