North Dakota Energy and Renewable Adjustment
The North Dakota Energy and Renewable Adjustment reflects four costs. For additional information please refer to specific rate schedules.
The Energy Adjustment includes the cost of fuel we use to generate electricity to serve our retail customers, transportation costs for that fuel, and costs we incur to buy energy to supplement our own power plants. Effective February 1, 2019, each service category (listed below) will have its own rate.
Service category
| Residential | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03242 per kwh |
| Farm | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03064 per kwh |
| General Service | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03213 per kwh |
| Large General Service | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03058 per kwh |
| Irrigation Service | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .02963 per kwh |
| Outdoor Lighting | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .02479 per kwh |
| OPA | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03197 per kwh |
| Controlled Service Water Heating | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03273 per kwh |
| Controlled Service Interruptible | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03280 per kwh |
| Controlled Service Deferred | |
|---|---|
| Effective Date | Class Energy Adjustment Factor (EAF) |
| February 1, 2019 | $ .03045 per kwh |
Rates applicable to all service categories prior to February 1, 2019
| Rates for the Energy Adjustment for bills rendered on and after: | |
|---|---|
| January 1, 2019 | $ .00536 per kwh |
| December 1, 2018 | -$ .00213 per kwh |
| November 1, 2018 | -$ .00578 per kwh |
| October 1, 2018 | -$ .00352 per kwh |
| September 1, 2018 | -$ .00419 per kwh |
| August 1, 2018 | -$ .00097 per kwh |
| July 1, 2018 | -$ .00007 per kwh |
| June 1, 2018 | $ .00011 per kwh |
| May 1, 2018 | $ .00144 per kwh |
| April 1, 2018 | -$ .00061 per kwh |
| March 1, 2018 | -$ .00087 per kwh |
| February 1, 2018 | -$ .00132 per kwh |
| January 1, 2018 | -$ .00100 per kwh |
| December 1, 2017 | -$ .00389 per kwh |
| November 1, 2017 | -$ .00265 per kwh |
| October 1, 2017 | -$ .00213 per kwh |
| September 1, 2017 | -$ .00453 per kwh |
| August 1, 2017 | -$ .00453 per kwh |
| July 1, 2017 | -$ .00628 per kwh |
| June 1, 2017 | -$ .00721 per kwh |
| May 1, 2017 | -$ .00354 per kwh |
| April 1, 2017 | -$ .00246 per kwh |
| March 1, 2017 | $ .00192 per kwh |
| February 1, 2017 | $ .00107 per kwh |
| January 1, 2017 | -$ .00283 per kwh |
The Renewable Resource Adjustment allows our company to recover costs associated with renewable energy facilities that we own. Those costs include operating and maintenance expenses, depreciation, income and property taxes, and a return on our investment. The energy generated by these facilities reduces the amount of fossil fuel and purchased energy necessary to meet our customers' needs.
| Renewable Resource Cost Recovery Rider factor for bills rendered: | ||
|---|---|---|
| On or after February 1, 2019 | -1.362 percent | |
| Renewable Resource Cost Recovery Rider factor for bills rendered: | ||
| From March 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 | 7.493 percent | |
The Generation Cost Recovery Rider, which allows our company to recover costs associated with new generation facilities to provide additional capacity, dispatchable energy, and grid support to meet our customer's electric needs.
| Generation Cost Recovery Rider as of February 1, 2019 | |
|---|---|
| On or after February 1, 2019 | 0.000 percent |
The Transmission Cost Recovery Rider is a mechanism that allows our company to recover investments and expenses for transmission additions designed to meet customers' growing energy needs, accommodate the delivery of additional renewable energy, and enhance transmission system reliability.
| Transmission Cost Recovery Rider – February 1, 2019 to present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Energy Charge per kwh | Demand Charge per kw | |
| Large General Service (a) | N/A | $1.06 per kw |
| Controlled Service (b) | $0.00054 per kwh | N/A |
| Lighting (c) | $0.00201 per kwh | N/A |
| All other service | $0.00352 per kwh | N/A |
| (a) Rate schedules 10.04 Large General Service, 10.05 Large General Service – Time of Day, 14.02 Real Time Pricing Rider and 14.03 Large General Service Rider. (b) Rate Schedules 14.01 Water Heating, 14.04 Interruptible Load (CT Metering), 14.05 Interruptible Load (Self-Contained Metering), 14.06 Deferred Load, and 14.07 Fixed Time of Delivery (c) Rate Schedules 11.03 Outdoor Lighting (energy only) and 11.04 Outdoor Lighting, and 11.07 LED Street and Area Lighting | ||
| Transmission Cost Recovery Rider – March 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Energy Charge per kwh | Demand Charge per kw | |
| Large General Service (a) | N/A | $1.632 per kw |
| Controlled Service (b) | $0.00085 per kwh | N/A |
| Lighting (c) | $0.00312 per kwh | N/A |
| All other service | $0.00543 per kwh | N/A |
| (a) Rate schedules 10.04 Large General Service, 10.05 Large General Service – Time of Day, 14.02 Real Time Pricing Rider and 14.03 Large General Service Rider. (b) Rate Schedules 14.01 Water Heating, 14.04 Interruptible Load (CT Metering), 14.05 Interruptible Load (Self-Contained Metering), 14.06 Deferred Load, and 14.07 Fixed Time of Delivery (c) Rate Schedules 11.03 Outdoor Lighting (energy only) and 11.04 Outdoor Lighting | ||
