Smart Grid Information

This standard asks States and non-regulated utilities to consider providing electricity purchasers with access to information concerning pricing, usage, intervals, and sources, either in writing or in electronic form.

As stated previously, SEIEC is a distribution cooperative and Southern Illinois Power Cooperative, Inc. (SIPC) is the generation and transmission cooperative that provides wholesale capacity and energy to SEIEC.  SEIEC is billed for wholesale power on a monthly, non-coincidental, individual delivery point peak demand basis by SIPC.  SIPC's wholesale rate structure is not time-based.  Therefore, SEIEC does not currently have the ability to provide consumers with time-based wholesale rate information because it is not available.

 

SEIEC already has two time-of-use rates available for consumers.  The Cooperative is currently conducting a cost of service study using more detailed consumer data, made available by the Cooperative's AMR system, to determine the accuracy of the time-of-use rate designs and make further revisions to these rates if necessary.  Given that SEIEC did not have smart metering installed on all consumer classes until late 2007, the Cooperative is using data collected during the 2008 year as part of the cost of service study.  Management recommends the continual revision of time-of-use rates to more accurately reflect time-based costs.  Additionally, management recommends consideration of developing and implementing more time-of-use rates at the conclusion of the cost of service study that is currently being conducted.

SEIEC currently provides all consumers with the amount of energy delivered expressed in kilowatt hours (kwh) on a monthly basis in their electric bill.  SEIEC also provides consumers with their peak demand delivered expressed in kilowatts (kw) on a monthly basis in their electric bill.  In addition, SEIEC provides daily and hourly usage information expressed in kilowatt hours (kwh) upon request by the consumer.  Lastly, a consumer can determine the amount of energy in kwh and demand in kw delivered on a monthly basis to the consumer thru the internet based billing system that is available to all consumers.

As stated previously, SEIEC is a distribution cooperative and Southern Illinois Power Cooperative, Inc. (SIPC) is the generation and transmission cooperative that provides wholesale capacity and energy to SEIEC.  SEIEC is billed for wholesale power on a monthly, non-coincidental, individual delivery point, peak demand basis by SIPC.  SEIEC does not receive a price signal that is time based and varies on a daily or hourly basis.  Therefore, SEIEC does not have the ability to implement this standard.

As stated previously, SEIEC is a distribution cooperative and Southern Illinois Power Cooperative, Inc. (SIPC) is the generation and transmission cooperative that provides wholesale capacity and energy to SEIEC.  Therefore, SEIEC does not control the blend of generation sources or the level of greenhouse gas emissions from those sources.  However, SEIEC does provide the blend of generation sources owned and operated by its' power supplier, SIPC, on at least an annual basis in Annual Meeting Reports, the Illinois Country Living Magazine, etc.  In operating its generation resources, SIPC is in compliance with all regulated greenhouse gas emissions.  All regulated greenhouse gas emissions are already available to the public through other sources.  In addition, SIPC does not have the associated equipment necessary to accurately measure the amount of unregulated greenhouse gas emissions and the Midwest Independent System Operators (MISO), which provides peaking power to our wholesale power provider (SIPC), does not provide the emissions data from generation sources that provide the needed capacity and energy.  Therefore, the requested information is not currently available.

SEIEC members currently have the ability to access their own information at any time through the internet on SEIEC's On-Line Ebill Payment Software that is available to all members.  This system allows the user to access various account details including the amount of energy delivered expressed in kilowatt hours (kwh) and the peak demand delivered expressed in kilowatts (kw) along with all associated charges on a monthly basis.  Other interested persons have the ability to access various information about the Cooperative programs available to members thru the Cooperative's website.