Earn Credits for Reducing Demand
Maintaining a healthy electrical grid can be challenging when customer demand is at its highest. Luckily, OPPD’s Business Curtailment Program offers business customers the opportunity to earn rewards for helping reduce demand. By participating, you help OPPD keep rates lower for all customers — including your business — and prevent service interruptions across the community.
Explore The Perks:
When you enroll, your business will receive a monthly bill credit in return for agreeing to curtail or run on backup generation upon the request of OPPD. And the best part? You receive the monthly credit whether your curtailment is requested that month or not.
We always provide at least four hours advance notice before making any official curtailment requests, so you never have to face any surprises. Plus, we’ve recently increased the incentives and lowered the qualification threshold, making it easier than ever to get involved and give your bottom line a boost.
To Qualify:
Acceptance into the Business Curtailment Program requires a review of your usage history and/or operations to determine your energy curtailment expectations. Each program has its own individual terms, conditions and qualifications, including noncompliance penalties.
Please reach out to your OPPD Senior Account Manager or Account Manager at any time to learn more about the program and find the program variant that’s right for your business.
Program Variants
Who Qualifies?
- All commercial customers willing to reduce their electricity demand by either:
- At least 100 kW, which must be at least 20% of their total load, or
- 500 kW without restrictions
Curtailment periods may occur between June 1 and September 30, from 12 P.M. to 10 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding NERC holidays.*
Incentive
- $4.67 per kW per month
Not available to customers served under Rate Riders 464 or 355 or to accounts already enrolled in FlexDemand 10,000, FlexDemand 365, FlexDemand Leased, FlexDemand Voluntary, or FlexDemand Emergency.
Who Qualifies?
- All commercial customers willing to reduce their electricity demand by:
- At least 10,000 kW
Curtailment periods may occur between June 1 and September 30, from 12 P.M. to 10 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding NERC holidays.*
Incentive
- $4.96 per kW per month
Not available to customers served under Rate Riders 464 or 355 or to accounts already enrolled in FlexDemand 100, FlexDemand 365, FlexDemand Leased, FlexDemand Voluntary, or FlexDemand Emergency.
Who Qualifies?
- All commercial customers willing to reduce their electricity demand by:
- At least 10,000 kW
Curtailment periods may occur between January 1 and December 31, any day and any time, excluding NERC holidays.*
Incentive
- $4.96 per kW per month
Not available to customers served under Rate Riders 464 or 355 or to accounts participating in FlexDemand 100, FlexDemand 10,000, FlexDemand Leased, FlexDemand Voluntary or FlexDemand Emergency Programs.
Who Qualifies?
- All commercial customers within the OPPD service area with backup generation or stored energy willing to provide:
- A minimum of 100 kW of Leased Capacity
Curtailment periods may occur between January 1 and December 31, from 12 P.M. to 10 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding NERC holidays.*
Monthly Capacity Credit
- $4.60 per kW of Leased Capacity
Energy Credit
- $0.25 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of energy generated during curtailment events.
Not available to customers served under Rate Riders 464 or 355 or to accounts participating in FlexDemand 100, FlexDemand 10,000, FlexDemand 365, FlexDemand Voluntary or FlexDemand Emergency Programs.
Who Qualifies?
- All commercial customers willing to voluntarily reduce their electricity demand by:
- A minimum of 100 kW, on request
- A minimum of 100 kW, on request
Curtailment Credit Per Event
- $5.12 per kW per event
FlexDemand Voluntary is a more flexible program, intended for peak load management and grid reliability.
Not available to customers served under Rate Riders 464 or 355 or to accounts participating in FlexDemand 100, FlexDemand 10,000, FlexDemand 365, FlexDemand Leased or FlexDemand Emergency Programs.
Who Qualifies?
- All commercial customers willing to voluntarily reduce their electricity demand by:
- A minimum of 5,000 kW, on request
- A minimum of 5,000 kW, on request
Curtailment Credit Per Event
- $10.25 per kW per event
FlexDemand Emergency offers higher compensation and requires curtailment during critical grid conditions.
Not available to customers served under Rate Riders 464 or 355 or to accounts participating in FlexDemand 100, FlexDemand 10,000, FlexDemand 365, FlexDemand Leased or FlexDemand Voluntary Programs.
Rules and Regulations:
Participating customer generators must comply with all local, state and federal air permitting rules and regulations.
*NERC Federal Holidays include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Not sure how to curtail?
See our Event Day Action Plan Checklist for some common ways your business can reduce demand on short notice and make a big difference.