A&N Electric Cooperative Rate Selection Guide
A&N Electric Cooperative serves roughly 37,600 customers on Virginia's Eastern Shore plus Smith Island, Maryland, under Virginia SCC regulation. AMI meters record 15-minute intervals, but the NISC SmartHub portal removed direct CSV interval export in January 2024 — leaving daily/monthly graphs, case-by-case data requests through Member Services, and an unofficial reverse-engineered API as the practical paths. There is no Green Button, EDI, or formal third-party program.
Market Overview
A&N operates under Virginia SCC regulation (Virginia Code Title 56; 5 VAC SCC regulations). No tariff schedule addresses customer data access rights or third-party data rules — data sharing is handled at board discretion case-by-case. The 2025 general rate case proposes demand charge restructuring but contains no data access provisions.
Need to pull your actual usage data to compare rates? See the A&N Electric Cooperative Data Access Guide →
Current Rate Schedules
A&N Electric Cooperative publishes all effective rate schedules on its website, covering residential (A-1, A-2, TOU-A-1), commercial (B-1, TOU-B-1), and industrial (LP-1, LP-2) classes. Bills break charges into an access charge, energy delivery charge, demand charge (where applicable), and a power cost adjustment that passes through wholesale power costs. A general rate case filed with the Virginia SCC in January 2025 proposes demand charge restructuring, so C&I customers should verify current figures against the published schedules before modeling costs.
Effective: January 1, 2025 · Full Tariff Book →
| Schedule | Type | Applicability | Structure | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schedule B-1 — General Service (Commercial) | commercial | Small and mid-size commercial accounts such as offices, retail, and farm service buildings. | Monthly access charge plus energy delivery charge per kWh and power cost adjustment; demand charges apply above small-load thresholds. See tariff for current rates. | — |
| Schedule TOU-B-1 — Commercial Time-of-Use | commercial | Commercial accounts able to shift consumption to off-peak windows. | Time-differentiated energy charges layered on the standard commercial structure; favorable for facilities with flexible or overnight load. See tariff for current rates. | — |
| Schedule LP-1 — Large Power Service | industrial | Larger commercial and industrial accounts with significant measured demand (kW). | Access charge, per-kW demand charge, and per-kWh energy charge plus power cost adjustment. Demand charge structure is under review in the 2025 general rate case. See tariff for current rates. | —+ Per-kW billing demand charge; restructuring proposed in 2025 SCC rate case |
| Schedule LP-2 — Large Power Service (Higher Tier) | industrial | The cooperative's largest industrial and processing loads, including poultry and seafood operations on the Eastern Shore. | Demand-billed rate with separate demand and energy components at primary or transmission-level delivery. See tariff for current rates. | —+ Per-kW demand charge; see tariff for current rates |
Rate Recommendations by Use Case
Office or Retail Facility
Small-to-mid commercial buildings on Virginia's Eastern Shore with daytime-weighted load and modest demand.
Schedule B-1 is the default fit for general commercial load. If your building can pre-cool, schedule HVAC, or shift plug load off-peak, TOU-B-1's time-differentiated energy charges can cut energy costs without infrastructure changes.
- Pull monthly usage from SmartHub and compare B-1 vs. TOU-B-1 economics before switching
- Watch the power cost adjustment line item — it moves with wholesale costs and can swing bills meaningfully
- Track the 2025 SCC rate case; proposed demand charge restructuring may change which schedule wins
Manufacturing or Processing Plant
Poultry, seafood, and agricultural processing operations — the dominant large loads in A&N's territory — with high, steady demand.
Demand-billed LP schedules price capacity separately from energy, so plants with high load factors get better per-kWh economics than on B-1. LP-2 serves the largest loads, often at primary voltage with lower delivery costs.
- Stagger compressor, refrigeration, and motor starts to avoid setting a new billing-demand peak
- Review demand charges monthly — they are often the largest single line item on LP bills
- Ask A&N about primary-voltage delivery discounts if you can own transformation equipment
Agricultural Operation
Farms, irrigation, and grain operations across Accomack and Northampton counties with seasonal load profiles.
Seasonal agricultural loads typically bill under general service; operations that can run irrigation pumps and drying equipment overnight benefit from TOU-B-1's off-peak pricing.
- Schedule irrigation pumping to off-peak windows where TOU pricing applies
- Audit idle-season fixed charges across multiple metered accounts and consolidate where possible
- Verify rate classification annually — seasonal demand spikes can push accounts into demand-billed territory
Historical Rate Trends
A&N filed a general rate case with the Virginia SCC in January 2025 proposing demand charge restructuring; filings and schedules are published on the cooperative's rate case page.
January 1, 2025
General rate case filed with the Virginia SCC proposing demand charge restructuring; filings and schedules available at anec.com/general-rate-case-2025.
Proposed restructuring (pending SCC)Overall trend: increasing
Next expected change: Outcome of the 2025 general rate case before the Virginia SCC, including proposed demand charge restructuring.
Cost Optimization Strategies
A&N C&I members optimize costs by evaluating time-of-use schedules, managing demand on large power rates, and tracking the 2025 rate case's demand-charge restructuring.
Evaluate TOU schedules
For: Members with shiftable load
TOU-A-1 (residential) and TOU-B-1 (commercial) reward off-peak operation; compare load schedules against TOU windows using daily usage data from SmartHub.
Manage demand on LP schedules
For: Industrial / large power accounts
Large power schedules (LP-1, LP-2) carry demand charges; obtaining 15-minute data (via Member Services request or the unofficial API) pinpoints the intervals setting billed demand.
Track the 2025 rate case
For: Demand-billed C&I accounts
The January 2025 general rate case proposes demand charge restructuring — monitor filings at anec.com/general-rate-case-2025 since the outcome changes the economics of peak management.
Use Bidgely alerts as an early warning
For: All members
Opt-in High Usage Alerts surface appliance-level anomalies between bills, catching equipment issues before they accumulate.
To implement these strategies, you need your 15-minute interval data. Learn how to download A&N Electric Cooperative interval data →
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I download 15-minute interval data from A&N Electric Cooperative?▾
Not directly anymore. A&N's AMI meters record 15-minute consumption, but SmartHub removed CSV export of 15-minute data in January 2024 — the portal now shows daily and monthly graphs only. Practical paths: request a CSV export from Member Services at (757) 787-9750 Option 3 (expect 10-15 business days), or technical users can run the open-source electric-usage-downloader against the unofficial SmartHub API (unsupported; use at your own risk).
Does A&N support Green Button, EDI, or an official API?▾
No to all three. There is no Green Button/ESPI implementation, no EDI trading partner program (no 814/867 transactions), and no official API or developer portal. The only programmatic option is the community reverse-engineered NISC SmartHub API, which A&N does not support and which requires member credentials.
How does a consultant get authorized access to an A&N member's data?▾
Case-by-case through Member Services. The customer contacts (757) 787-9750 Option 3 to authorize the third party; A&N may request written authorization (no standard form or tariff exists), evaluates the request, and delivers data — likely CSV via secure email — in roughly 10-15 business days. Repeat requests need re-authorization.
What commercial rate schedules does A&N offer?▾
Commercial general service B-1 with a time-of-use option TOU-B-1, and large power schedules LP-1 and LP-2 for industrial accounts — all published with Terms and Conditions at anec.com/your-account/anec-rates/. Bills itemize access charge, energy delivery, demand charge (where applicable), and power cost adjustment.
What's changing in A&N's 2025 rate case?▾
A&N filed a general rate case with the Virginia SCC in January 2025 proposing demand charge restructuring. For demand-billed C&I accounts, the outcome changes peak-management economics — track the filings and schedules at anec.com/general-rate-case-2025. The proposed schedules contain no data access provisions.
What does Nectar's roadmap support level mean for A&N?▾
A&N is on Nectar's roadmap: automated ingestion is planned but not yet productized. Today, Nectar works with member-downloaded SmartHub bill PDFs, manually requested CSV interval exports from Member Services, or customer-consented technical extraction while integration options are evaluated.
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