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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 big rewards for helping us reduce demand. By participating, you help OPPD keep rates low 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 upon the request of OPPD. And the best part? You receive the monthly credit whether your services are requested that month or not.

We’ve recently increased incentives and lowered the qualification threshold — making it easier than ever to get involved and give your bottom line a boost. Plus, we always provide at least four hours advance notice before making any official curtailment requests, so you never have to face any surprises.

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.

The chart below provides a handy introduction to the different rate riders — please reach out to your OPPD senior account executive or account executive at any time to learn more about the program and find the agreement that’s right for your business.

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.

Rate 467 qualifies (All commercial customers. Not avaliable to accounts already served under Rider Schedules 464, 355 or 467L). Requirements: Wllllng to curtail minimum 100kW* (with restrictions) S00kW (without restrictions) * 100kW must be at least 20% of customer load. The montly incentive is $4.67 per curtailed kW. The monthly minimum credit is $467. Rate 467H qualifies (All large commercial customers. Not avaliable to accounts already served under Rider Schedules 464, 355 or 467L). Requirements: curtall a minimum of 1.0,000kW* on request. The monthly incentive is $4.96 per curtailed kW. The monthly minimum credit is $49,600. Rate 467L qualifies (All commerclal customers that own/operate backup generation. Not avaliable to accounts already served under Rider Schedules 467, 464 or 355). Requirements: Provide a minimum 100kW on request, year-round. The monthly incentive is $4.60 per curtailed kW, plus $0.25/kWh Energy Credit. The monthly minimum credit is $460 plus Energy Credit.

Rules and Regulations:

  • Rate 467L enrollment requires the installation of additional metering & energy monitoring equipment at the customer’s expense.
  • Rates 467 and 467H curtailment period runs Jun. 1 through Sept. 15 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. (excluding weekends and NERC Federal Holidays**).
  • Rate 467L curtailment period runs Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. (excluding weekends and NERC Federal Holidays**).
  • 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.


Chart showing monthly credit amount for rates 467, 467H and 467L per curtailment (kW). When 100kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $467.00, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $460.00. When 250kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $1,167.50, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $1,150.00. When 500kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $2,335.00, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $2,300.00. When 750kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $3,502.50, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $3,450.00. When 1,000kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $4,670.00, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $4,600.00. When 2,500kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $11,675.00, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $11,500.00. When 5,000kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $23,350.00, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $23,000.00. When 7,500kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $35,025.00, rate 467H $-, and rate 467L $34,500.00. When 10,000kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $46,700.00, rate 467H $49,600.00, and rate 467L $46,000.00. When 12,500kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $58,375.00, rate 467H $62,000.00, and rate 467L $57,500.00. When 15,000kW is curtailed, rate 467 gets a monthly credit of $70,050.00, rate 467H $74,400.00, and rate 467L $69,000.00.***Rate 467L Energy Credit is determined by the number of hours of energy leased during an event. Does not include Energy Credit.

Frequently Asked Questions:

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