Transmission Rates
New default rate schedule
The B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) approved a new default rate schedule 1830 for transmission service customers, effective April 1, 2024.
Customers previously served on rate schedule 1823 (stepped rate) will transition to rate schedule 1830 at the start of their first billing period on or after April 1, 2024. Customers previously served on rate schedule 1827 (rate for exempt customers) will transition to rate schedule 1830 starting April 1, 2024.
Certain eligible customers may choose to stay on rate schedule 1823 (stepped rate) until the end of the fiscal 2026 billing year.
About transmission rates
Customers with transmission accounts use large amounts of energy and invest in electrical infrastructure that allows them to receive service at high voltage (60kV or higher). Most transmission accounts receive service under rate schedule 1830 of the Electric Tariff.
- Rate schedule 1830 is a flat-rate structure with a lower energy charge and higher demand charge when compared to Rate Schedule 1823.
- In fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026, rate schedule 1830 will feature three energy charges (A, B and C). The energy charges will transition to the same energy charge starting in fiscal 2027.
Rate schedule 1830
Minimum Charge |
$10.154 per kVA of billing demand per billing period. |
Demand Charge Demand is measured by kilovolt amperes (kVA) over 30-minute intervals. The highest average 30-minute kVA in a billing period is used to calculate the demand charge on transmission bills. |
$10.154 per kVA of billing demand. |
Energy Charge 1830A For customers with a high share of Tier 1 energy use under rate schedule 1823 during the fiscal 2020 or fiscal 2022 billing year. |
4.811 cents per kWh applied to all kWh. |
Energy Charge 1830B For customers with a moderate share of Tier 1 energy use under rate schedule 1823 during the fiscal 2020 or fiscal 2022 billing year. |
5.101 cents per kWh. |
Energy Charge 1830C For customers with a low share of Tier 1 energy use under rate schedule 1823 during the fiscal 2020 or fiscal 2022 billing year; for customers previously taking service under Energy Charge 1823A of rate schedule 1823 and rate schedule 1827; and for new customers. |
5.374 cents per kWh. |
Rate schedule 1823
Transmission customers with ongoing customer-funded demand-side management (DSM) projects may elect to stay on rate schedule 1823 until the end of the fiscal 2026 billing year.
Minimum Charge |
$9.378 per kVA of billing demand per billing period. |
Demand Charge Demand is measured by kilovolt amperes (kVA) over 30-minute intervals. The highest average 30-minute kVA in a billing period is used to calculate the demand charge on transmission bills. |
$9.378 per kVA of billing demand. |
Energy Charge 1823A For customers who don’t have a customer baseline load (CBL) by order of the BCUC. |
5.497 cents per kWh applied to all kWh. This rate will apply until the customer has been supplied with electricity under this rate schedule for 12 billing periods or another period approved by BCUC, after which the customer will be supplied with electricity at the rate specified in charge B below. |
Energy Charge 1823B For customers with a CBL. |
4.891 cents per kWh applied to all kWh up to and including 90% of the CBL in each billing year. 10.955 cents per kWh applied to all kWh above 90% of the CBL in each billing year. |
Please note that in the event of differences between the details noted here and the official Electric Tariff issued by BC Hydro, the official Electric Tariff will prevail.