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General Service (Non-residential)

(Used for non-residential services, including businesses, garage services, churches, and other non-residential uses)
Note: This rate covers only the delivery portion of electric costs. Eastern Maine Electric Co-op members purchase the electricity delivered by EMEC from an electric supplier, who charges an additional rate. Click here for the current Standard Offer Rate.
To download a copy of the small commercial (non-residential) tariff, which is the document that defines the default non-residential rate, click here . The document is in PDF format.

Customer Charge:
$13.24 per month until Feb. 28, 2017
$15.20 per month, effective March 1, 2018 - Feb. 28, 2018
$17.16 per month, effective March 1, 2019 and afterwards

Delivery Charge: $0.059526 per kiloWatt-hour (kWh)

The minimum charge each month shall be the customer charge.

Availability: Available, for loads up to 50 KW, on a continuous year-round basis forcommercial, industrial and three-phase farm service, and public buildings such as hospitals, schools, churches, and community halls for all uses including lighting, heating and power subject to the established Terms and Conditions of the Cooperative.

Type of Service: Delivery of single-phase, and three-phase, 60 hertz, at available secondary voltages. Motors having a rated capacity in excess of ten horsepower must be three-phase.

Adjustment Clauses:This rate is subject to adjustment for cost under provisions of Rate Schedules TC andCA, plus other adjustments as may be approved from time to time by the MPUC.

Terms of Payment:The above rates are net. Payment of the current monthly bill shall be within 25 days from the date of mailing. In the event that the bill is not paid within the 25 day period, the charges become subject to a late payment charge as established in the Terms and Conditions.

Effective Date: March 1, 2017
Docket Number 2016-00237

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