NiMo Files Voluntary TOU Proposal for SC-2 Non-Demand

Niagara Mohawk has filed tariff sheets to offer voluntary Time of Use (TOU) electric commodity pricing for SC-2 Non-Demand customers.

The optional TOU generation rate for SC-2 Non-Demand customers was required by a recent NiMo rate order, as previously reported (7/18).

NiMo would use the following TOU periods for the SC-2 Non-Demand customers electing the product:

- On Peak: 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays

- Shoulder Peak: 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays

- Off Peak: 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, plus all weekends and holidays

These above rate periods do not change by month or season, unlike the SC-1C Optional Large TOU rate periods.

The SC-2 Non-Demand TOU customers would be billed per Rule 46.1.2, similar to the Company's SC-1C customers, where a 30-day weighted billing rate for each rate period is used.

Customers electing the SC-2 Non-Demand TOU option would be subject to a monthly incremental customer charge of $3.36 to cover the expenses related to implementation of the Voluntary TOU Program. The term of the SC-2 Non-Demand TOU option would be one year from commencement of service, and continuously from month to month thereafter until canceled upon written notice to NiMo.

NiMo requested that the SC-2 Non-Demand TOU option be implemented June 1, 2012 to allow it time to make necessary billing system changes.

NiMo has also filed tariff leaves to implement a voluntary TOU program for SC-3 customers with demand below 250 kW and SC-2 Demand customers, but those filings were not immediately available.