The residential high efficiency HVAC rate
is available to customers who:
Use a ground- or air-source heat pump
as the only source of heating and cooling
in their home,
Use an electric water heater (usually
connected to the desuperheater of the heat
pump) as the only source of domestic water
heating.
Receive prior approval of the equipment.
Note that equipment must be rated by the
American Refrigeration Institute (ARI) per
the minimum efficiency standards listed
below:
Minimum Qualifications for Air Source
Heat Pump:
SEER (1)
14
Minimum Qualifications for Ground Source Heat
Pump (GSHP)/Geothermal Systems:
EER (2)
14.1
(1) SEER: Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
(2) EER: Energy Eficiency Ratio
These must be individual private dwellings where
service is supplied at one point of delivery
and measured through one meter. They are single
phase, 60 hertz and 120/240 volts alternating
current.
GEOTHERMAL RATE:
Non-summer
Summer
Customer charge
$13.00
$13.00
Energy charge
$.08913 first 600/kWh
$.05521 over 600/kWh
$.10786 per kWh
The non-summer months are January through May and October through December. Summer months are June through September.
Bills computed under this rate schedule are
subject to adjustment in accordance with the
Power
Supply Adjustment.
