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A voluntary program for Virginia customers with smart meters
For our smart meter customers in Virginia, we now offer a new time-of-use rate to allow greater control over their bills. Customers can save money by shifting their energy usage to more affordable, off-peak hours.
Control your energy, just by shifting the time when you use it.
The Off-Peak Plan (Plan) is a voluntary time-of-use offering available to residential customers who have a smart meter at their home. Under this plan, you will be charged different amounts for the electricity you use depending on when you use it throughout the day.
The Plan has two seasonal structures with three tiers of pricing based on when energy is most in demand: on-peak, off-peak, and super off-peak time periods.
To enroll in this new time-of-use rate you must:
The program is limited to the first 10,000 customers who voluntarily enroll.
To see if you're eligible, sign in into your account.
The charts below show the times of day when electricity is most affordable throughout the year. They are broken up into three tiers: Super Off-Peak ($), Off-Peak ($$) and On-Peak ($$$) hours. Understanding these periods gives you the ability to shift your usage to cheaper, or “off-peak hours”. You are in control!
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Rates for the different tiers may change; current pricing will always be posted below. For reference, a customer on our basic residential rate will typically pay between 11 and 13 cents for each kWh, regardless of the time or day the energy is consumed. Customers who opt-in to the rate will also have the same monthly basic charge of $6.58 as other standard residential customers.
Download some of our Off-Peak Plan Reminder Tags for your home so you never forget when to shift your electricity usage.
Review the pricing for the different tiers for the summer months (May - Sept)
| Weekday Pricing | Price per kWh |
|---|---|
| On Peak ($$$) | $0.228053 |
| Off Peak ($$) | $0.094841 |
| Super Off Peak ($) | $0.076154 |
| Weekend & Holiday Pricing | Price per kWh |
|---|---|
| Off Peak ($$) | $0.076154 |
| Super Off Peak ($) | $0.094841 |
Eligible holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Review the pricing for the different tiers for the winter months (Oct - Apr)
| Weekday Pricing | Price per kWh |
|---|---|
| On Peak ($$$) | $0.173464 |
| Off Peak ($$) | $0.102214 |
| Super Off Peak ($) | $0.098751 |
| Weekend & Holiday Pricing | Price per kWh |
|---|---|
| Off Peak ($$) | $0.102214 |
| Super Off Peak ($) | $0.098751 |
Eligible holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
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Enrollment in the Off-Peak Plan is an opportunity to save money on your monthly Dominion Energy bills. When day-to-day habits such as running the dishwasher are shifted to off-peak hours, you will pay less for that electricity than you would on our standard residential rate.
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Enrolling in this rate naturally makes you think more about your energy usage. Simple things like unplugging a phone charger when it’s not in use or adjusting your thermostat will lead to less energy used and more savings on your monthly bill. Our monthly emails with advice on shifting usage and understanding your bill will help you converse energy and save money.
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The majority of the power we supply during the super off-peak time slot, every day from 12AM to 5AM, is sourced from nuclear power. Setting your electric vehicle to charge during these hours results in less carbon dioxide in our environment.
Smart thermostats are a great way to manage your monthly energy usage because they can be set to control the temperature during on-peak hours - no additional work needed! Take advantage of our $50 now and $50 later rebate when you purchase a smart thermostat from the Dominion Energy Marketplace today.
To participate in this Plan, you must take action by signing into your online account and enrolling. Once logged in, eligible customers will see the Off-Peak Plan under Voluntary Programs on the left-hand side.
Customers with 12 months of smart meter data will see a bill comparison graph and chart. These illustrate what was paid in the last 12 months and compares it to what would have been paid if enrolled in the Off-Peak Plan. Understanding and utilizing this tool illustrates how much of a shift you'd have to make in your day-to-day habits to save money on this Plan.
**Check back later to see a video tutorial of our bill comparison tool**
Resources to help your household succeed on the Off-Peak Plan:
You can disenroll online any time, for any reason, without penalty. However, you won't be able to opt back in for 12 months. When you disenroll, the rate change will happen on the first day of your next billing cycle.
Yes. The company invited a cross-section of state agencies, advocacy groups, and internal rate design subject matter experts to participate in a series of workshops designed to gain input on this rate.
Over the past decade, the Company has managed time-varying rate pilots for residential customers through the dynamic pricing pilot and the electric vehicle pilot. Each of these pilots included customer feedback and surveys, which have informed the development of this new rate.
Under the typical net metering arrangement, the amount you are charged for the energy you consume is equal to the amount you are credited when your system feeds back to the grid. Under the Off-Peak Plan, the amount you are charged and/or credited will correspond with the cost associated with that season, day and time. So, if your system is generating at 1pm, you’ll be credited off peak hour rates as opposed to being on our basic residential rate where you’d receive ~12 cents.
The credits you receive (when your system is sending electricity back to the grid) can only be applied to the tier in which they are accrued. So, if you build credits during the on peak hours, they can only be applied to future on peak hours.
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