Understanding Your Charges
Dakota Energy Cooperative assigns rates to electric services based on the type and size of the service and the end-use of electricity.
Facility Charge
The Facility Charge is the monthly charge to receive electric service. It covers cooperative expenses such as equipment, infrastructure, and people your cooperative has in place to ensure that power is there when you need it.
Energy Charge (kWh)
The Energy Charge is simply the amount of electricity (kWh) used times the rate. This charge covers the costs of purchasing and delivering energy from our power supplier and pays the remaining fixed costs that are not covered by the facility charge.
Demand Charge (kW)
The Demand Charge is based on the highest capacity required during the given billing period, typically a 15-minute interval during the billing cycle. Three-phase accounts include a Demand Charge on their billing to allow the cooperative to recover costs associated with the larger electrical loads placed upon the system.
How to Read Your Bill
A - Your member account information
B - Total amount due and current billing due date
C - 13 month usage history comparison chart
D - Monthly messages from Dakota Energy
E - Comparison chart for monthly usage, temperatures, and daily average usage/cost
F - Payment stub to enclose when mailing your payment
A - Your meter detail
B - Previous charges and payment history
C - Current charges and balance
D - Dakota Energy Message Center
E - Update your contact information or sign up for Automatic Payment Authorization
F - Convenient ways to pay your bill
Rates
Rate Schedule: Farm and Residential
Effective January 1, 2024
Single-Phase
Available for single-phase farm and residential services.
RATE
Facility Charge: $60.00 per month
Energy Charge: $.125 per kWh
Minimum Monthly Charge: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Three-Phase - 50 KVA or less
Available for three-phase farm and residential services with transformer capacity of 50 KVA or less.
RATE
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Energy Charge: $.125 per kWh
Minimum Monthly Charge: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Three-Phase - Greater than 50 KVA
Available for three-phase farm and residential services with greater than 50 KVA transformer capacity except irrigation.
RATE
Uncontrolled:
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Non-Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $14.50
Energy Charge: $.048 per kWh
Determination of Billing Demand: Shall be the maximum kilowatt demand established by the consumer for any period of fifteen (15) consecutive minutes during the period for which the bill is rendered, as indicated, or recorded by a demand meter, and adjusted for power factor.
Controlled:
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $17.80
Non-Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $3.00
Energy Charge: $.048 per kWh
Determination of Billing Demand: The monthly coincidental demand charge shall be based on the kilowatt demand established by the consumer coincident with the East River Electric Systems monthly coincident demand, as indicated or recorded by a demand meter.
The monthly non-coincidental demand charge shall be the maximum kilowatt demand established by the consumer for any period of fifteen (15) consecutive minutes during the period for which the bill is rendered, as indicated, or recorded by a demand meter.
Conditions of Service for Controlled Rate: The consumer must pay any additional cost for equipment necessary to provide controlling load. The consumer must select one of the following methods.
- A strategy is provided through the load management system to automatically alert the consumer to the peak periods of the East River System and the consumer will determine their own load reduction level.
- A strategy is provided through the load management system to automatically break the load during the peak periods of the East River Electric System.
Minimum Monthly Charges: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Rate Schedule: Commercial
Effective January 1, 2024
Single-Phase
Available for single-phase commercial services.
RATE
Facility Charge: $60.00 per month
Energy Charge: $.125 per kWh
Minimum Monthly Charge: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Three-Phase - 50 KVA or less
Available for three-phase commercial services with transformer capacity of 50 KVA or less.
RATE
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Energy Charge: $.125 per kWh
Minimum Monthly Charge: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Three-Phase - Greater than 50 KVA
Available for three-phase commercial services with greater than 50 KVA transformer capacity except irrigation.
RATE
Uncontrolled:
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Non-Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $14.50
Energy Charge: $.048 per kWh
Determination of Billing Demand: Shall be the maximum kilowatt demand established by the consumer for any period of fifteen (15) consecutive minutes during the period for which the bill is rendered, as indicated, or recorded by a demand meter, and adjusted for power factor.
Controlled:
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $17.80
Non-Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $3.00
Energy Charge: $.048 per kWh
Determination of Billing Demand: The monthly coincidental demand charge shall be based on the kilowatt demand established by the consumer coincident with the East River Electric Systems monthly coincident demand, as indicated or recorded by a demand meter.
The monthly non-coincidental demand charge shall be the maximum kilowatt demand established by the consumer for any period of fifteen (15) consecutive minutes during the period for which the bill is rendered, as indicated, or recorded by a demand meter.
Conditions of Service for Controlled Rate: The consumer must pay any additional cost for equipment necessary to provide controlling load. The consumer must select one of the following methods.
- A strategy is provided through the load management system to automatically alert the consumer to the peak periods of the East River System and the consumer will determine their own load reduction level.
- A strategy is provided through the load management system to automatically break the load during the peak periods of the East River Electric System.
Minimum Monthly Charges: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Rate Schedule: Irrigation
Effective January 1, 2024
Three-Phase or Single-Phase
Available for three-phase or single-phase with phase converter services.
RATE
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $17.80
Non-Coincidental Demand Charge per month/per kW: $0.00
Energy Charge: $.095 per kWh
Determination of Billing Demand: The monthly coincidental demand charge shall be based on the kilowatt demand established by the consumer coincident with the East River Electric Systems monthly coincident demand, as indicated or recorded by a demand meter.
The monthly non-coincidental demand charge shall be the maximum kilowatt demand established by the consumer for any period of fifteen (15) consecutive minutes during the period for which the bill is rendered, as indicated, or recorded by a demand meter.
Minimum Monthly Charge: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Irrigation Pivot
Available for irrigation pivot systems only.
RATE
Facility Charge: $120.00 per month
Energy Charge: $.125 per kWh
Minimum Monthly Charge: Shall be the Facility Charge.
Rate Schedule: Rented Security/Yard Lights
Effective May 24, 2022
150/175-Watt Lights
Metered: $6.40/month plus tax
Unmetered: $9.60/month plus tax
250-Watt Lights
Metered: $6.40/month plus tax
Unmetered: $12.40/month plus tax
LED Lights
Metered: $6.40/month plus tax
Unmetered: $9.60/month plus tax
Rented Security/Yard Lights are owned and maintained by the Cooperative.
Rented Security/Yard Lights on Cooperative Property:
May not be switched (exception: Cooperative owned disconnecting means).
Must be installed for at least two years.
Rented Security/Yard Lights on Member’s Property:
Electricity must be metered.
Members must furnish facilities and wiring for installing light.
Lights may not be switched (exception: Cooperative owned disconnecting means).
Must be installed for at least two years.
Security/Yard Lights requiring their own transformer:
Shall be installed on existing facilities only.
Rental rate shall be an additional $1.40 per month for all lights.
Shall be unmetered.
These lights are not considered as an electric service since there is no meter.
Purchase of Security/Yard lights in place:
Consumers may purchase Security/Yard lights that have been installed for at least five years for $25.00 plus labor and material.