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Santee Cooper’s proposed residential demand charge: how it would work and why it matters
Summary
DCA presenters broke down Santee Cooper’s proposed demand-charge design, explained peak windows and a one-hour peak interval, and used a hypothetical customer to show how a demand charge can add tens of dollars to a monthly bill.
The Department of Consumer Affairs detailed how a proposed residential demand charge from Santee Cooper would change monthly bills, explaining the policy, how demand is measured, and what customers can do to avoid higher charges.
Assistant Consumer Advocate Jake Edwards said Santee Cooper's proposal defines summer peaks from April to October (3–6 p.m.) and winter peaks from November to March (6–9 a.m.) and calculates a customer's demand as the single highest one-hour interval during those windows.…
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