Business Rates

Distribution Charges

All business customers — regardless of whether you receive your electric supply from DLC or from an Electric Generation Supplier (EGS) — are responsible for paying Distribution Charges to DLC. Distribution Charges can consist of a Customer Charge, an Energy Charge and a Demand Charge, depending on which rate schedule you take service under. 

To learn more, please visit the Company’s Retail Tariff. 

Supply and Transmission Charges: Default Service

DLC's Tariff Supplement, called Rider No. 8 - Default Service Supply (DSS) provides small and medium commercial and industrial customers with default service supply rates that are determined using Request for Proposals (RFP).  For purposes of Rider No. 8, small customers are those with a monthly metered demand that is less than 25 kW and medium customers are those with a monthly metered demand between 25 kW and 200 kW, on average, in a 12-month period.  Note: if you select DLC to supply your electricity, the Company will provide and charge for transmission service.  The Transmission Service Charges (TSC) can be found in Appendix A of the Retail Tariff.

More information about DLC's Rider No. 8 or Appendix A, is available in the company's Retail Tariff.

If you elect to purchase your electric supply from an EGS, you must purchase both electric supply and transmission service from your selected EGS and you are responsible for any other charges from the EGS.  Any month in which your supplier becomes unavailable or during which you have not chosen a supplier, DLC will supply electricity as per the provisions of Rider No. 8 – Default Service Supply and Appendix A – Transmission Service Charges.

You can switch to an Electric Generation Supplier (EGS) at any time.  At the bottom of this page you can find price to compare information, which is helpful when comparing offers from EGSs.  To see a list of licensed EGSs in Pennsylvania, please visit PAPowerSwitch.com. 

Supply and Transmission Charges: Hourly Price Service

 

DLC's Tariff Supplement, called Rider No. 9 – Day-Ahead Hourly Price Service (HPS) provides medium (≥ 200 kW) and large commercial and industrial customers with the ability to purchase their electric supply requirements on a day-ahead, hourly basis.  Electric supply charges for Rider No. 9 customers are more closely tied to hourly wholesale market prices. DLC does not set these wholesale market prices. This means that your electric supply charges could experience more fluctuations, which could increase or decrease the amount of their bills. As an HPS customer, you are placed on a monthly billing cycle and are not eligible for summary billing.  Rider No. 9 is also available for the supply of electricity to generating stations that are not otherwise self-supplying and where the generating station is not otherwise receiving service from an EGS.  If you select DLC to supply your electricity, the Company will provide and charge for transmission service.  The Transmission Service Charges (TSC) can be found in Appendix A of the Retail Tariff.

Find out more about DLC's Rider No. 9, by visiting the company's Retail Tariff.

If you elect to purchase your electric supply from an EGS, you must purchase both electric supply and transmission from the selected EGS and are responsible for any other charges from the EGS.  Any month in which the supplier becomes unavailable or during which you have not chosen a supplier, DLC will supply electricity as per the provisions of Rider No. 9 – Day-Ahead Hourly Price Service and Appendix A – Transmission Service Charges.

Customers can switch to an EGS at any time. To see a list of licensed EGSs in Pennsylvania, please visit PAPowerSwitch.com.

Current and Upcoming Default Service Supply Rate ('Price to Compare')

Scheduled rate changes can occur up to four times a year. The PTC may be higher or lower in future adjustments. Customers can choose their electric generation supplier or remain with the default rate. Learn how to participate in Electric Choice.

Duquesne Light Company Class Average Price to Compare by Rate Class in Cents Per Kilowatt Hour
Rate	Name	Description	PTC ACTUAL 09/25/2024	ptc ACTUAL 12/01/2024
GS	General Service Small	Available for the standard electric service taken on a small general service, non-demand metered, customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available.	10.55	9.26
GM < 25 kW	General Service Medium	Available for the standard electric service taken on a medium general service, demand metered - less than 25 kilowatts, customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available.	10.79	9.50
GM > 25 < 200 kW	General Service Medium	Available for the standard electric service taken on a medium general service, demand metered - greater than or equal to 25 and less than 200 kilowatts, customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available.	8.71	8.70
GM > 200 kW	General Service Medium	Available for the standard electric service taken on a medium general service, demand metered - greater than or equal to 200 kilowatts, customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available.	N/A	N/A
GMH < 25 kW	General Service Medium Heating	Available for all standard electric service taken on a medium general service, demand metered - less than 25 kilowatts, customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available, where the Company's service is the sole method of space heating, and where such calculated heat loss converted into kilowatt-hour consumption during the heating season is determined by the Company to be at least 25% of the customer's entire electric energy requirements during the heating season.	10.74	9.45
GMH > 25 < 200 kW	General Service Medium Heating	Available for all standard electric service taken on a medium general service, demand metered - greater than or equal to 25 and less than 200 kilowatts, customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available, where the Company's service is the sole method of space heating, and where such calculated heat loss converted into kilowatt-hour consumption during the heating season is determined by the Company to be at least 25% of the customer's entire electric energy requirements during the heating season.	8.11	8.09
GMH > 200 kW	General Service Medium	Available for all standard electric service taken on a medium general service, demand metered - greater than or equal to 200 kilowatts, customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available, where the Company's service is the sole method of space heating,, and where such calculated heat loss converted into kilowatt-hour consumption during the heating season is determined by the Company to be at least 25% of the customer's entire electric energy requirements during the heating season.	N/A	N/A
GL	General Service Large	Available for all the standard electric service taken on a customer's premises where the demand is not less than 300 kilowatts.	N/A	N/A
GLH	General Service Large Heating	Available for all standard electric service, where the demand is not less than 300 kilowatts, taken on a customer's premises for which a residential rate is not available, where the Company's service is the sole method of space heating,, and where such calculated heat loss converted into kilowatt-hour consumption during the heating season is determined by the Company to be at least 25% of the customer's entire electric energy requirements during the heating season.	N/A	N/A
L	Large Power Service	Available for all the standard electric service taken on a customer's premises where the demand is not less than 5,000 kilowatts.	N/A	N/A
HVPS	High Voltage Power Service	Available to customers with Contract On-Peak Demands greater than 30,000 kilowatts where service is supplied at 69,000 volts or higher.	N/A	N/A
UMS	Unmetered Service	Available to customers using unmetered standard service at each point of connection for customer-owned and maintained equipment such as traffic signals, communication devices and billboard lighting.	9.99	8.70
AL	Architectural Lighting Service	Available for separately metered circuitry connected solely to outdoor architectural lighting equipment, with demand of 5 kilowatts or greater, to be operated during non-peak periods.	7.39	6.63
SE	Street Lighting Energy	Available for the entire electric energy requirements of municipal street lighting systems where the municipality has not less than 15,000 street lamp installations and provides for the ownership, operation, and maintenance of its own street lamp installations and takes its entire energy requirements for street lighting under this rate.	7.36	6.60
SM	Street Lighting Municipal	Available for mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, and LED lighting of public streets, highways, bridges, parks and similar public spaces, for normal dusk to dawn operation of approximately 4,200 hours per year.	7.37	6.61
SH	Street Lighting Highway	Available for high intensity discharge lighting of state highways for normal dusk to dawn operation of approximately 4,200 hours per year where the highway lighting system acceptable to Duquesne Light Company is installed by the State and ownership of the entire highway lighting system has been transferred to the Company for a nominal consideration.	7.36	6.61
PAL	Private Area Lighting	Available for high pressure sodium, LED lighting, and flood lighting of residential, commercial and industrial private property installations including parking lots, for normal dusk to dawn operation of approximately 4,200 hours per year.	7.37	6.61

 

For more information about the Pennsylvania Electric Choice Program, visit www.papowerswitch.com.

To learn more about selecting DLC as your supplier, please click here.