Typical non-residential bill consist of the following tariff schedule components:
- Customer Charge: The customer charge is to recover those costs incurred in making service available including meter and meter reading costs, billing, record keeping and customer service costs.
- Energy Charge: The energy charge is to recover costs associated with producing and distributing electricity except fuel costs and customer charges.
- Demand Charge: If applicable, this charge recovers a portion of EPE's fixed investment and operating costs associated with generation, transmission and distribution facilities that are in place to meet customer demand for electricity any time.
- Fixed Fuel Factor
- Fuel Charge: This charge recovers the cost fuels used to generate the electricity we produce and power we purchase from other utilities.
- Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Factor - EECRF
- This charge recovers the cost of energy efficiency programs from the customer classes that receive services under such programs. For information on energy efficiency programs, please click here.
- Project No. 50664 Asset Surcharge - COVID-19
- The Project No. 50664 Asset Surcharge is applicable to all customers taking service under the rate schedules listed as either a dollar per kilowatt hour ($/kWh) factor applied to billed energy or as a directly assigned amount. August 2024 incorporates a one time refund.
- Military Base Discount Recovery Factor - MBDRF
- This charge recovers the total base rate discount provided to military base facilities pursuant to the TX Military Base Rate Discount tariff schedule.
- Texas Advanced Metering System Surcharge (AMS)
- The Advanced Metering System ("AMS") Surcharge recovers the Company's costs incurred to deploy Advanced Metering.
- Generation Cost Recovery Rider Factor (GCRR)
- This Generation Cost Recovery Rider (GCRR) is applicable to all customers taking service under a retail rate schedule except for the interruptible portion of those customers that are taking service under Schedule No. 38.
- The Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF)
- The Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) charge is applicable to all retail electric service customers connected to the Company's distribution system, except those taking service under transmission voltage rates.
- Fuel Interim (Refund) / Surcharge
- Fuel Interim (Refund) / Surcharge: This (refund)/surcharge is applicable to all customers taking service under the rate schedules listed as either a dollar per kilowatt hour ($/kWh) factor applied to billed energy or as a directly assigned amount ($/Mo).
- Taxes
- This charge recovers the tax assessed by a governmental entity for utility service rendered.
Below are all the tariff schedules applicable to all non-residential customers.
To view the tariffs, click the appropriate rate below. The tariff schedules are saved in PDF format, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print them. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free from the Adobe website. Click here to download.
You are entitled to receive information about the rates you are charged and the services available to you. You can request rate and service information by calling the El Paso Electric Customer Service Call Center at (915) 543-5970 in El Paso, or 1 (800) 351-1621 in other service areas. You can also make your request in writing by sending an email to rate_research@epelectric.com.
Purchased Power Adjustments
The tariff schedules provided above are for informational purposes only. The official tariff schedules are on file with the Public Utility Commission of Texas and shall prevail in the event of any differences. El Paso Electric Company makes no warranty or representation that a particular tariff schedule chosen by a customer is available to or suitable for that customer. Customers are encouraged to contact El Paso Electric Company directly to make certain of the applicability of a desired tariff schedule for their service requirements.