Time-of-Use Plus for Business
With a Time-of-Use Plus pricing plan, it matters when your business uses energy — especially when a Reduce Your Use (RYU) Event Day is called. By reducing your energy use on a RYU Day, you help keep the electric grid stable for your community when demand reaches a critical peak. Your business may even save money too.
SDG&E business customers can enroll in a Time-of-Use Plus Pricing Plan and can maximize savings by knowing the details of your plan. This plan also has a Reduce Your Use Event Day component where you may be asked to conserve energy to help the environment and power grid.
The TOU-A-P plan has two time periods for pricing and offers savings on energy use outside of the on-peak hours of 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. as well as during nights and weekends. This plan also has a Reduce Your Use event day component where you may be called upon to conserve energy and help the environment and power grid.
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$ Super Off-Peak |
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$$$$ Reduce Your Use Event |
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12 a.m. – 4 p.m. 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. |
4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | |
| Weekends and Holidays |
12 a.m.. – 12 a.m.
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| Reduce Your Use Event | 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. |
*Reduce Your Use (RYU) Event Days may be called when energy use and demand on the grid are high. The RYU Event Period rate is an additional charge that will be billed to customers from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. during an RYU Event Day in addition to the corresponding energy charges for the time period. The RYU Event Period rate is not applicable during non-RYU Event Days.
This plan includes a basic service fee. For up-to-date pricing schedules and additional pricing plan details you visit our Total Electric Rates page.
Customer must have a smart meter installed, tested, and verified according to Utility procedures.• This schedule is not applicable to: (1) any customer whose Maximum Monthly Demand equals, exceeds, or is expected to equal or exceed 20 kW for 12 consecutive months and (2) any customer whose demand exceeds 200 kW in 2 out 12 consecutive months.• Customers taking service under this Schedule will need to switch their Utility Distribution Company (UDC) service to Schedule TOU-A.
This Schedule is not applicable to Direct Access (DA), Transitional Bundled Service (TBS) or Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customers.
The TOU-A2-P plan has three time periods for pricing and offers savings on energy use outside of the on-peak hours of 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. as well as during nights and weekends. This plan also has a Reduce Your Use event day component where you may be called upon to conserve energy and help the environment and power grid.
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$ Super Off-Peak |
$$ Off Peak |
$$$ On-Peak |
$$$$ Reduce Your Use Event |
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| Weekdays |
12 a.m. – 6 a.m. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. March and April |
6 a.m. – 4 p.m. 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. |
4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | |
| Weekends and Holidays | 12 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 9 p.m. – 12 a.m.
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4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | |
| Reduce Your Use Event | 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. |
* Reduce Your Use (RYU) Event Days may be called when energy use and demand on the grid are high. The RYU Event Period rate is an additional charge that will be billed to customers from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. during an RYU Event Day in addition to the corresponding energy charges for the time period. The RYU Event Period rate is not applicable during non-RYU Event Days.
This plan includes a Basic Service fee that is determined each month based on Maximum Annual Demand. The Maximum Annual Demand shall be the highest Maximum Monthly Demand for the current and prior eleven months. If during the prior 11 months, there is a month(s) when there was not demand registering device in place, then no Maximum Demand shall be assumed.
For up-to-date pricing schedules and additional pricing plan details you visit our Total Electric Rates page.
This tariff provides commercial customers with the opportunity to manage their electric costs by either reducing load during high-cost pricing periods defined as a Reduce Your Use (RYU) Event Day, or shifting load from high cost pricing periods to lower cost pricing periods. Except as set forth below, this Schedule is the default commodity rate for customers currently receiving bundled utility service on a small non-residential rate schedule; or a medium/large non-residential rate schedule with a Maximum Monthly Demand below 20 kW for three consecutive months.
This Schedule is not applicable to Direct Access (DA), Transitional Bundled Service (TBS) or Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customers.
Like TOU-A2-P, this plan has three time periods for pricing and offers savings on energy use outside of the on-peak hours of 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. as well as during nights and weekends. This plan also has a Reduce Your Use event day component where you may be called upon to conserve energy and help the environment and power grid.
This plan is best for those looking to pay a lower basic monthly service fee while maximizing the different time periods in the plan.
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$ Super Off-Peak |
$$ Off Peak |
$$$ On-Peak |
$$$$ Reduce Your Use Event |
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| Weekdays |
12 a.m. – 6 a.m. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. March and April |
6 a.m. – 4 p.m. 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. |
4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | |
| Weekends and Holidays | 12 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 9 p.m. – 12 a.m.
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4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | |
| Reduce Your Use Event | 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. |
* Reduce Your Use (RYU) Event Days may be called when energy use and demand on the grid are high. The RYU Event Period rate is an additional charge that will be billed to customers from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. during an RYU Event Day in addition to the corresponding energy charges for the time period. The RYU Event Period rate is not applicable during non-RYU Event Days.
This plan includes a Basic Service fee that is determined each month based on Maximum Annual Demand. The Maximum Annual Demand shall be the highest Maximum Monthly Demand for the current and prior eleven months. If during the prior 11 months, there is a month(s) when there was not demand registering device in place, then no Maximum Demand shall be assumed.
For up-to-date pricing schedules and additional pricing plan details you visit our Total Electric Rates page.
This tariff provides commercial customers with the opportunity to manage their electric costs by either reducing load during high-cost pricing periods defined as a Reduce Your Use (RYU) Event Day or shifting load from high-cost pricing periods to lower cost pricing periods. Except as set forth below, this Schedule is the default commodity rate for customers currently receiving bundled utility service on a small non-residential rate schedule; or a medium/large non-residential rate schedule with a Maximum Monthly Demand below 20 kW for three consecutive months.
This Schedule is not applicable to Direct Access (DA), Transitional Bundled Service (TBS) or Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customers.
Reduce Your Use Event Days
Reduce Your Use (RYU) Event Days may be called when energy use and demand on the grid are high. The RYU Event Period rate is an additional charge that will be billed to customers from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. during an RYU Event Day in addition to the corresponding energy charges for the time period. The RYU Event Period rate is not applicable during non-RYU Event Days.
Reduce Your Use Event Day Notifications will be sent out via text or email by 3 p.m. the day before an event day is activated. If you’re enrolled in this pricing plan, make sure that your contact information is up-to-date so that you are prepared for an RYU Event Day. Up to 18 events can be called per year. If called, you’ll be asked to conserve energy between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. when pricing and demand for energy are highest.
Compare Plans
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Peak pricing between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. |
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Three pricing periods every day |
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Two pricing periods every day |
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Includes Reduce Your Use Days |
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Tiered pricing does not change with time of day |
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Frequently Asked Questions
If your business is able to reduce energy during Reduce Your Use events, you may benefit from Time-of-Use Plus. Up to 18 events can be called per calendar year.
We may call a Reduce Your Use Event Day when reductions in electricity use by customers are needed during periods of high electric demand or when electric system reliability is in jeopardy. The most common triggers are based on system load and temperature.
Other triggers can include electrical emergency alerts issued by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) or an SDG&E system emergency that affects local grid operations.
No. Customers are not required to reduce electric load during a Reduce Your Use Day. However, all electric use during a Reduce Your Use Event from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. will be charged at a rate that is 400% higher than the normal Time-Of-Use rates.
Once a Reduce Your Use event has been triggered by the Utility, there are generally no conditions that would warrant the event to be canceled.
SDG&E reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel a Reduce Your Use event before it is initiated or terminate a Reduce Your Use event prior to its scheduled conclusion. Such action would generally only be taken in, but not necessarily be limited to, the event of a system-wide outage or in the event of rolling blackouts.
- If a RYU event is canceled before it is initiated:
The event will not be credited towards the maximum number of events that can be called during the year.
- If a RYU event is terminated prior to its scheduled conclusion:
The event will be credited towards the maximum number of events that can be called during the year.
The source for temperature forecasts is the Weather Channel.
SDG&E’s system load information is available on the OASIS page on the CAISO website where you can view hourly system load and forecasts for each utility’s system within the CAISO control area.