Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services is committed to providing our members with reliable, affordable energy.  Factors that affect electric rates include:

  • Cost of fuel (coal, natural gas, etc.) to create the electricity

  • Availability - Dairyland is a member of MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator) which is a clearing house for the sale and purchase of electricity.  

  • Physical plant (equipment such as wire, transformers, etc.)

  • Weather - Please see MISO regional map.  As an example, weather in Canada can affect the energy supply in our area.

Current Rate Schedule
Residential Electric Rates

Power Supplier
PPCS purchases power from Dairyland Power Cooperative.  Dairyland has a comprehensive sustainable energy plan.  Learn more: Dairyland's Energy Resources

What does one dollar of PPCS revenue go to pay for?  The largest cost the cooperative incurs is the cost of purchased power.  The Distribution of Revenue Dollar chart shows how each dollar in expense is distributed.

 

Expressed as "kW" or "kilowatts", demand is defined as the rate at which a member consumes electricity at a given time.  Demand can be thought of as the speedometer reading in your car.  It is the rate at which energy is being consumed.

The amount of electricity used as measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh), multiplied by the current rate.

The facility charge represents a cooperative member’s equal share of our fixed costs, or those costs to purchase, build, inspect, and maintain power lines, substations, equipment, and buildings – the infrastructure to provide you with reliable electricity, no matter how much energy, or kilowatt-hours, you use. 

The amount of electricity used as measured in kWh, multiplied by the current off-peak rate. Certain heating and water heating systems under load management may qualify for a lower rate for electricity used during periods when the demand is less.

The PCA represents costs to generate electricity that are passed on to PPCS by Dairyland Power Cooperative, our power supplier, that are beyond what was projected to be collected through the normal rate structure.

Each month PPCS compares the amount and cost of power purchased and sold to our annual budget.  Any variations in the actual versus projected power costs go into a formula that sets the PCA charge.  As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, all members share in the increased costs of electric energy, even when those costs are outside the control of the cooperative.  The goal of the PCA is to help collect the full cost of wholesale power purchased from Dairyland Power for our members.

Learn the elements that go into our electric rates.