City of Edmond Electric Rate Selection Guide
City of Edmond Electric is a municipally-owned utility serving roughly 44,461 electric customers in Edmond, Oklahoma. Its Smart Choice portal (launched April 2025) delivers next-day hourly AMI interval data and combined-services billing history, but the utility offers no Green Button, EDI, public API, or formal third-party data access programs — C&I teams rely on portal exports and manual data sharing.
Market Overview
City of Edmond Electric is a municipal utility; Oklahoma does not mandate specific data access standards for municipal utilities, and FERC/NERC wholesale market data requirements do not apply. Customers take bundled service from the city with rates set in the municipal Standard Pricing Schedules.
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Current Rate Schedules
Edmond Electric, the City of Edmond's municipal utility (Public Works Authority), prices commercial service through Standard Pricing Schedules tiered by demand: GS-1 General Service (<50 kW), GS-M General Service Medium (50-200 kW), PL-1 Power and Light (>200 kW), PL-TOU Power and Light Time-of-Use (>200 kW), and LPL-TOU Large Power and Light TOU (15,000,000+ kWh/year). Demand is measured on 15-minute intervals with a 75% summer ratchet and a power factor clause penalizing PF below 85%. A Fuel Cost Adjustment rider applies to all schedules. Figures below are from the tariff effective April 1, 2017 — confirm current pricing on the city's Business Rates page; see tariff for current rates.
Effective: April 1, 2017 · Full Tariff Book →
| Schedule | Type | Applicability | Structure | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS-1 General Service | commercial | Commercial customers with peak demand under 50 kW, single- or three-phase. | $30.00/meter/month customer charge. Seasonal energy: summer (Jun-Oct) all kWh at $0.1055; winter (Nov-May) first 1,000 kWh at $0.0908 and additional kWh at $0.0505. Fuel Cost Adjustment rider applies. (April 2017 tariff; see current rates.) | $0.0505-$0.1055/kWh seasonal |
| GS-M General Service Medium | commercial | Medium/large commercial customers with three-phase service and maximum demand of 50-200 kW. | $50.00/meter/month customer charge; capacity charge of $12.00/kW in summer (Jun-Oct) and $4.50/kW in winter (Nov-May); energy at $0.0525/kWh all kWh. Billing demand is the 15-minute monthly peak, power-factor corrected, with a floor of 75% of the highest summer demand in the trailing 12 months. (April 2017 tariff.) | $0.0525/kWh + seasonal capacity charge+ $12.00/kW summer, $4.50/kW winter, with 75% summer ratchet (2017 tariff) |
| PL-1 Power and Light | industrial | Medium/large commercial and industrial customers with maximum demand above 200 kW. | $80.00/meter/month customer charge; capacity charge of $13.70/kW summer and $8.40/kW winter; energy at $0.0423/kWh all kWh; 75% summer ratchet and power factor clause. One-year minimum stay after electing the rate. (April 2017 tariff.) | $0.0423/kWh + capacity charge+ $13.70/kW summer, $8.40/kW winter (2017 tariff) |
| PL-TOU Power and Light Time-of-Use | industrial | Commercial/industrial customers above 200 kW able to manage usage around summer on-peak windows (2:00-7:00 PM, June-October). | $100.00/meter/month customer charge. Summer capacity: $1.58/kW on maximum billing demand plus $13.68/kW on on-peak-hours demand; winter capacity $6.80/kW. Energy: first 1,000,000 kWh at $0.0428, additional at $0.0398. Ratchet and power factor clauses apply; one-year minimum stay. (April 2017 tariff.) | $0.0398-$0.0428/kWh + TOU capacity charges+ $13.68/kW on summer on-peak demand + $1.58/kW max demand; $6.80/kW winter (2017 tariff) |
| LPL-TOU Large Power and Light Time-of-Use | industrial | Edmond's largest customers — annual consumption of 15,000,000 kWh or more, by contract with the city. | $650.00/month customer charge with TOU capacity charges (~$6.79/kW components per the 2017 sheets) and low blocked energy rates under written contract terms. See the city's tariff sheets for full current structure. | —+ Contract TOU capacity charges; see tariff for current rates |
Rate Recommendations by Use Case
Large facilities with flexible afternoon load (>200 kW)
Industrial plants, large retail, and campuses above 200 kW should model PL-TOU against PL-1 — the TOU schedule concentrates summer cost into the 2:00-7:00 PM on-peak window.
PL-TOU charges $13.68/kW only on summer on-peak demand (vs. $13.70/kW on all summer demand under PL-1) plus a small $1.58/kW max-demand charge, and its energy rates are slightly lower. Facilities that can curtail or shift load out of weekday summer afternoons capture most of the demand charge as savings.
- Pre-cool buildings before 2:00 PM and float through the on-peak window in summer
- You must stay on an elected rate for one year — model a full summer before switching
- Both schedules ratchet at 75% of the highest summer demand for 12 months: one bad July afternoon costs you into next spring
Mid-size commercial — offices, grocery, schools (50-200 kW)
GS-M accounts pay sharply seasonal capacity charges, making summer peak control the dominant lever.
The capacity charge nearly triples from $4.50/kW in winter to $12.00/kW in summer, and the 75% summer ratchet carries summer peaks through the following year. With energy flat at $0.0525/kWh, demand behavior matters more than consumption volume.
- Stagger rooftop HVAC starts and avoid coincident equipment startups in June-October
- Watch power factor: below 85%, billing demand is grossed up by the PF clause
- Approaching 200 kW? Compare PL-1 economics before your load grows into the next class
Small storefronts and offices (<50 kW)
GS-1 accounts have no demand charge; bills track seasonal energy rates.
Summer energy runs $0.1055/kWh versus a winter tail block of $0.0505/kWh — a 2x seasonal spread. Cooling efficiency drives most of the savings opportunity, and there is no penalty for short-duration peaks while the account stays under 50 kW.
- Prioritize cooling-season efficiency — each summer kWh costs about twice a winter tail-block kWh
- Mixed residential/commercial use through one meter bills entirely at the GS rate
- Monitor peak demand; crossing 50 kW moves you to demand-billed GS-M
Energy-intensive operations above 15 GWh/year
Edmond's largest loads can contract onto LPL-TOU for the lowest unit costs in the city's tariff.
LPL-TOU is a contract rate requiring 15,000,000+ kWh annual consumption, trading a $650/month customer charge for reduced TOU capacity and blocked energy rates. Written contract terms let large customers negotiate around unusually large utility investments.
- Verify trailing-12-month consumption qualifies before requesting the rate
- Negotiate contract minimum guarantees carefully — they set your bill floor
- Pair with on-peak load management to minimize the TOU capacity components
Cost Optimization Strategies
Edmond Electric's commercial tariff design — seasonal capacity charges, summer on-peak TOU windows, a 75% twelve-month summer ratchet, and an 85% power factor clause — concentrates cost into summer afternoon behavior. The biggest C&I levers are summer peak management, power factor correction, correct schedule election, and using the city's load profile data from its hourly AMI metering.
Summer peak and ratchet management
For: GS-M, PL-1, PL-TOU, and LPL-TOU demand-billed accounts
Capacity charges run $12.00-$13.70/kW in summer and billing demand can never fall below 75% of the highest summer peak in the trailing 12 months. Preventing a single 15-minute summer spike avoids both the immediate charge and eleven months of ratchet floor.
Power factor correction
For: Industrial and motor-heavy commercial accounts on GS-M, PL-1, PL-TOU
When average power factor drops below 85%, Edmond grosses up billing demand by (85 / actual PF). Facilities with large motor loads should install capacitor banks to hold PF near 100% — a one-time fix that permanently removes the penalty multiplier.
TOU on-peak load shifting
For: PL-TOU and LPL-TOU customers with schedulable load
PL-TOU's summer on-peak window is 2:00-7:00 PM, June-October. Shift batch processes, EV charging, and thermal loads outside the window, and pre-cool space before 2:00 PM to cut the $13.68/kW on-peak demand charge.
Rate schedule election review
For: Accounts near the 50 kW and 200 kW class boundaries and all >200 kW customers
Edmond allows customers to elect among applicable schedules but locks elections for one year. Annually compare GS-M vs. PL-1 near the 200 kW boundary and PL-1 vs. PL-TOU using twelve months of interval data — the right election can change the capacity charge basis materially.
Fuel Cost Adjustment and efficiency stacking
For: All commercial accounts
The FCA rider passes through wholesale fuel cost variances on every kWh, so consumption reductions return base energy plus FCA. With winter tail energy as low as $0.0398-$0.0505/kWh, prioritize efficiency projects that cut summer usage, where both energy and capacity values are highest.
To implement these strategies, you need your 15-minute interval data. Learn how to download City of Edmond Electric interval data →
Frequently Asked Questions
What interval data can C&I customers get from Edmond Electric?▾
All commercial properties have AMI smart meters that record hourly usage. The previous day's hourly data appears in the Smart Choice portal (https://smartchoice.edmondok.gov) the next morning — roughly a 24-hour delay — with graphical analysis and a CSV download option referenced on the signup page. No sub-hourly or real-time data is available.
Does Edmond Electric support Green Button, EDI, or a public API?▾
No. Edmond Electric is not Green Button certified, offers no Download My Data or Connect My Data capability, supports no EDI transaction sets, and publishes no public API or developer portal. This is typical for a ~44,000-customer municipal utility.
How can an energy consultant or aggregator access a customer's Edmond Electric data?▾
Only manually from the utility itself. The customer downloads billing and usage data from Smart Choice and shares the files. For custom arrangements, email smartchoice@edmondok.gov or call (405) 359-4541 — though formal third-party authorization is unlikely. Nectar provides API access to this utility's billing and interval data — see docs.nectarclimate.com.
How do commercial customers register for the Smart Choice portal?▾
Visit https://smartchoice.edmondok.gov/app/register.jsp with your most recent bill, enter the customer and account numbers shown on the bill, create credentials, and verify your email. Interval data access is automatically included; billing covers electric, water, sewer, and solid waste on one combined account.
What does Nectar's roadmap support level mean for Edmond Electric?▾
Edmond Electric is on Nectar's roadmap: automated ingestion is planned but not yet productized. Today, Nectar can work with customer-exported Smart Choice CSV files and bill PDFs while native integration is evaluated — there is no utility-side API or Green Button feed to connect to.
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