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Rate Schedules and Policies

RSP N-4
Rate Schedules and Rate Application Guidelines

General Service Rate Schedules - Cont'd

General Service II

That category of customers in all areas served by Maritime Electric who use electricity for purposes other than those specifically covered under Residential, Small and Large Industrial, Street Lighting or Unmetered Categories and who use electricity as the only source of energy for cooking, space heating, water heating and all other services.

Billing Demand
The greater of the maximum kW demand or 90% of the maximum kVA demand in the billing period.

Rate (Code 250)
Service Charge: $22.67 per billing period

Demand Charge:

No charge for first 20 kW or less per billing period. Charge for the balance of kilowatts per billing period: the lesser of (a) $5.24 per kilowatt or (b) 2.62¢ times the number of kilowatt hours consumed in the billing period.

Energy Charge:

13.58¢ per kWh for first 5000 kWh per billing period
10.02¢ per kWh for next 5000 kWh per billing period
9.54¢ per kWh for balance kWh per billing period.

Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism: This rate is subject to the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism


RSP N-5
Rate Schedules and Rate Application Guidelines

General Service Rate Application Guidelines

General Service I and II

General Service I and II rate applications include the following:

  • Religious and charitable institutions, excluding churches;
  • Service for the construction phase of any premises other than a dwelling;
  • Dwellings providing lodging with more than nine (9) beds, including boarding and rooming houses, special care establishments, senior citizen homes, nursing homes, hostels and transition homes;
  • Combined usage of a dwelling and a business operation measured by one meter, where the connected load of the business operation, excluding space heating and air conditioning, is greater than two (2) kilowatts;
  • Bulk metered apartment buildings that combine the service to the dwelling units and/or the common use areas;
  • Service to common areas in apartment buildings;
  • Any business operation involving both manufacturing/processing and service/repair on which less than one half of the business volume is manufacturing/processing;
  • Warehousing, storage and distribution centres on the same property and forming part of a manufacturing or processing operation with one meter where the warehousing, storage and distribution load is greater than one half of the total electricity consumed;
  • A retail or wholesale operation on a farm must install a separate meter to measure that retail/wholesale load;


    Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism: This rate is subject to the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism

RSP N-6
Rate Schedules and Rate Application Guidelines

General Service Rate Application Guidelines - Cont'd

  • Water pumping, sewage lift stations, sewage lagoons, chlorinating plants and sewage treatment plants directly related to municipally owned water supplies or waste disposal systems are normally billed at General Service Rates. At the option of the customer, an Industrial Service Rate may be applied; and
  • General Service seasonal operators with fully accessible outside meters may remain connected year round provided that the energy used during the period 1 November to 31 May inclusive does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total energy used between 1 June and 31 October of the preceding year. Examples of eligible facilities include seasonal tourist accommodations, attractions or eateries.

    Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism: This rate is subject to the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism

RSP N-7
Rate Schedules and Rate Application Guidelines

Small Industrial Rate Schedule

Small Industrial

That category of customers who use electricity chiefly for manufacturing or processing of goods or for the extraction of raw materials and have a minimum contracted demand of five (5) kilowatts.

Billing Demand
The greatest of:

  • The monthly maximum kW demand;
  • 90% of the monthly maximum kVA demand; or
  • 5 kW.
As a result of installed metering, both the monthly maximum kW demand and 90% of the monthly maximum kVA demand noted above may not apply.

Rate (Code 320)

Demand Charge:
$6.88 per kW of billing demand per month

Energy Charge:
13.28¢ per kWh for first 100 kWh per kW of billing demand per month 6.23¢ per kWh for balance of kWh per month.

To be eligible for service with a contracted demand, customers must sign the Contract for Electrical Service under Section C - Agreements and Forms.


Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism: This rate is subject to the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism