Interruptible Whole House Load Control

If you are a residential customer and have a whole-house generator with transfer switch, you may qualify for a special reduced rate on your power supply when you participate in our Interruptible Whole House Load Control Program.

A remote device, installed by the cooperative at no additional charge to you, allows us to transfer your residential load from the electric grid to your back-up generator during times of peak system demand or system emergencies. Like our other load management programs, this program allows us to reduce peak load. Because energy supply charges from our power supplier are based on monthly peak demand, all cooperative members ultimately benefit when we can reduce peak.

In exchange for the ability to control the load, you pay a lower energy kwh charge - $.03376/kwh compared to $.0508/kwh, for all of your usage on that account. Load control is limited to weekdays and occurs predominately between the hours of 3-8 p.m. when the system is at its peak.

Besides the one-time cost for the generator and transfer switch, you also should take into account the cost of fuel to operate the generator when considering this program.

For more information about this program, please call the cooperative at 1-800-492-5989, or visit one of our district service centers.