Starting in November (2025), your bill will display your monthly peak demand during the On Peak timeframe (weekdays from 5-9 PM). Currently, there is no demand charge for the majority of our residential and farm accounts, but we are working on a proposal to introduce a demand charge starting in 2026. This proposal would implement a Time of Day Demand charge that helps MCPA recover the demand charges we pay monthly on our wholesale power bill.
UNDERSTANDING DEMAND
Demand varies from hour to hour, day to day, and season to season. You could use the same amount of electricity as your neighbor on any given day, but if you are using most of that electricity during one hour after work, your demand is higher than your neighbor’s.
Demand (kW) is the amount of power needed to supply everything running off of electricity in your home at a specific point in time.