Berkeley Electric Coop Inc rate plans

What does Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's residential rate cost?

Berkeley Electric Coop Inc files a single residential tariff, so there is no plan to choose between — everyone served here is on the same terms. That makes this page short on comparison and long on one question instead: what does that tariff actually do to a bill?

Priced hour by hour across a full year, a small apartment on this tariff comes to about $931 and a three-bedroom house with central air to about $1,292 — an effective 19.1¢ and 13.7¢ per kilowatt-hour once the fixed charge is spread across everything used.

With one plan and no hourly pricing, the only lever left is using less. Moving laundry or car charging to the middle of the night changes nothing here, which is worth knowing before you rearrange your evenings for no reason.

Expect the bill to swing with the weather rather than with anything you decide: the same house costs around $133 in July and $89 in February. Budget against the higher figure and the summer bill stops being a surprise.

Before you switch anything

• What is a time-of-use electricity rate?

  The same kilowatt-hour, priced differently depending on when you use it.

• Should you switch to a time-of-use electricity plan?

  A wide peak-to-off-peak gap is a lever, not a saving. Levers need something to move.

• How to compare electricity plans without getting it wrong

  Six things that break a comparison, and the order to check them in.