Three-Tier Time-of-Use
Get a free digital timer when you enroll in Three-Tier Time-of-Use by April 30, 2012! Learn about the rate by downloading the PDF and watching the short video, then Get Started today.
With Three-Tier Time-of-Use, changing the time of day you use energy adds up to savings, and for a limited time we'll give you a free digital timer to make it even easier.
Three-Tier Time-of-Use helps you save money when you can shift the greatest share of your electricity use to the Off-Peak savings hours — times of the day and night when energy demand and rates are lower.
Those hours are in effect about half of the time, so even small changes result in savings. Use your free timer to turn off appliances, electronics and lamps during On-Peak hours. Then make other easy changes, like doing a load of laundry at night or setting your air conditioner to a higher temperature while you're sleeping.
When you can't completely shift to Off-Peak hours, using energy during Mid-Peak hours is the next best savings option.
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Response Rewards
If you have the flexibility to control when you use energy in your home, the
Response Rewards electric rate may be a smart move for you.
The objective of Response Rewards is to help you avoid the
more expensive electric rates — those that result from times of highest
demand known as "On-Peak" and "Critical-Peak Periods."
When it's clear that demand for electricity is extra high and will start
impacting prices, you'll be contacted by your choice of pager, text message,
e-mail or fax at least one hour in advance. That gives you plenty of time to
temporarily shut down or stop using high-use electrical items, such as your
air conditioner, dehumidifier, clothes dryer, dishwasher, etc., in your home.
When the Critical-Peak Period is ending, you'll be notified in the same way at
least 30 minutes in advance, allowing you to resume electricity use if you
choose.
Critical-Peak Periods typically last between 2 and 8 hours and account for less
than 3% of all annual hours. And Off-Peak savings hours, times you pay less than
the Standard Rate, are available to you every day of the week.
A Smart Thermostat is now available for free to
Response Rewards customers; it automatically does your A/C cooling adjustments
for you, so you don't have to, making it even easier to save.
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Cool Rewards
Cool Rewards can be an easy way to earn bill credits on your
monthly energy bill.
With Cool Rewards, you have a chance to earn credits on your
Wisconsin Public Service bills for allowing your air conditioning and/or your
electric water heater to be occasionally shut down for short periods. You'll earn
credits from June through September for your air conditioning, and all year 'round
for your water heater.
A small, remote-controlled switch is installed free of charge on your central
air conditioner, or electric water heater, or both. If a power crunch occurs, your
air conditioner and/or water heater will be automatically shut off or cycled on and
off, without interfering with the rest of your electrical appliances.
Turn-offs or cycles most often occur in June through September, generally in
the afternoons and early evenings. They may last only an hour, but never more than
8 hours in a day, and usually only happen 8 or 10 days in the year.
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Standard Rate
Standard Rate is the basic, residential customer electric rate
most Wisconsin Public Service customers receive.
No matter the amount or time of day electricity is used, the per-kilowatt hour
(kWh) remains the same.
While iCanConserve participants are certainly welcome to continue
with the Standard Rate, you may want to consider a rate that gives you the chance to
lower your energy bill simply by enrolling in a special iCanConserve
Rewards rate and changing a few habits.
Learn more about the Standard Rate in the easy-to-follow video. Then, compare to
our cost-saving Reward rate options:
- Three-Tier Time-of-Use
- Response Rewards
- Cool Rewards
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