The utility industry is currently undergoing a great deal of change and is exploring new and better ways to deliver affordable, reliable and environmentally sensitive energy services to you, our customer-owners.

From time to time, OPPD’s Board of Directors will call upon customers to provide feedback on specific topics, including those that have to do with OPPD rates. In September 2026, OPPD's Board of Directors discussed a new Time of Use (TOU) Pilot that will provide customers who opt into the pilot reduced rates for electricity use during off-peak hours from June to September 2027, while increasing per-kWh rates during the peak hours of 3-7 p.m. weekdays.

Prior to an October 15 rate action Board vote, the Board welcomes a public comment period to gather feedback.

Time of Use Rate Program Pilot

Please see this video from the September 2026 OPPD All Committee Meeting for more information.

OPPD is taking public comment on a new Time of Use Pilot that will provide customers who opt into the pilot reduced rates for electricity use during off-peak hours from June to September 2027, while increasing per-kWh rates during the peak hours of 3-7 p.m. weekdays. This benefits customers by providing them with a tool to reduce energy costs and ultimately benefits OPPD by reducing peak load, which directly translates into the amount of capacity the company must build or maintain for service.

The pilot would run during the summer months only, with the new rate going live on March 1. Customers won’t see bill impacts until the June billing cycle. Rates are preliminary until 2027 COP is complete.

Rates during the Summer Pilot:

• Non-pilot Residential Rate 110 customers will pay 11.937 cents/kWh, all day, every day.
• TOU pilot customers would pay 32.22 cents/kWh between 3-7 p.m. (a 170% increase versus the current rate) to encourage energy usage during off-peak times. The 3-7 p.m. on-peak price window does not apply to weekends or federal holidays, so on those days you don’t need to worry about when you are using energy.
• TOU pilot customers would then benefit by paying 8.055 cents/kWh off-peak (a 33% decrease versus the current rate). Off-peak is any time outside of 3-7 p.m. from Monday through Friday and includes all hours of the weekends and federal holidays

Rates the remainder of the year:

• Residential Rate 110 and TOU customers would each pay the same amount in the non-summer months, currently 9.503 cents/kWh all day, every day.

On-peak hours (3-7 p.m.) only represent 12% of all summer hours. By avoiding peak usage, customers are can actually experience a decrease in rates the other 88% of hours.

The goal is to enroll at least 300 new customers out of a population of 8,500 customers who have modern meters as part of our modern meter soft launch. You can learn more about OPPD’s residential modern meter program here.

Although the new rate will go live on March 1, customers won’t see bill impacts until the June billing cycle.

Public Comments

We invite you to be part of the conversation. OPPD is accepting public comments on this rate action from September 15 – October 11. You may leave your feedback in the guestbook below.