Rates
Below are brief descriptions of Santee Cooper's rates for residential, business, industrial and wholesale customers. For a complete description of each rate, please follow the links provided. For more information on Santee Cooper rates and Pricing Principles, please see the Annual Electric Pricing Report.
Board Approves New Rates
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors approved new base rates for retail customers, offering new flexibility for customers to control their monthly bills. The new rates will affect bills rendered on and after April 1, 2025. Until then, customers will continue to be charged under current rates.
This approval comes after a months-long public input process that included significant customer feedback and marks the first increase in base rates since 2017. Learn more here.
Residential Rates
These basic descriptions do not reflect monthly customer charges, or fuel adjustments, demand sales adjustment charges or credits, or economic development sales adjustments. For complete descriptions, please click on the links below. Electric service is also subject to our official Terms and Conditions of Retail Electric Service.
Summer season - 11.97 cents/kWh
Non-summer season - 9.97 cents/kWh
Standard rate for residential service.
View ScheduleResidential rate for private homes, single-family dwelling units and farms. Participation is on a voluntary basis.
| Energy Charges | Summer | Non-Summer |
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| On-Peak | 34.38 cents/kWh | 30.94 cents /kWh |
| Off-Peak | 6.13 cents/kWh | 6.13 cents /kWh |
Residential rate for private residences, single family dwelling units, and farms that have Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment installed at the service residence for the sole purpose of charging electric vehicles. Participation is on a voluntary basis.
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Energy Charges |
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On-Peak* |
24.63 cents/kWh |
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Off-Peak |
8.60 cents/kWh |
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Super Off-Peak |
4.18 cents/kWh |
*On-Peak Hours do not include weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) or the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
View ScheduleAvailable to customers already receiving residential electric service that have Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment installed at the service residence for the sole purpose of charging electric vehicles. This rider requires installation of a second meter and charges apply to EV Charging only. Participation is on a voluntary basis.
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Energy Charges |
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On-Peak* |
33.76 cents/kWh |
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Off-Peak |
8.60 cents/kWh |
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Super Off-Peak |
4.18 cents/kWh |
*On-Peak Hours do not include weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) or the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
View ScheduleBusiness Rates
These basic descriptions do not reflect monthly customer charges, or fuel adjustments, demand sales adjustment charges or credits, or economic development sales adjustments. For complete descriptions, please click on the links below. Electric service is also subject to our official Terms and Conditions of Retail Electric Service.
The best rate for your commercial business will depend on the amount and pattern of your energy usage. Upon request, we will review your current and past energy usage and help you determine if your business is on the best rate. Please contact Commercial Services at 800-804-7424 ext. 3029 to request this review.
For more information about electric demand and demand metering, click here.
Summer season - 11.26 cents/kWh
Non-summer season - 9.26 cents/kWh
Available to customers with no more than 50-kW potential demand in any of three months during a consecutive 12-month period.
View ScheduleSummer season - 4.65 cents/kWh
Non-summer season - 3.65 cents/kWh
$23.60/kW Demand
Available to customers with more than 300-kW potential demand in at least three months during a 12-month consecutive period that also have a rolling 12-month average load factor of at least 70 percent.
Summer season - 14.12 cents/kWh
Non-summer season - 12.12 cents/kWh
Applicable to service of a temporary nature.
View ScheduleSummer season - 4.75 cents/kWh
Non-summer season - 3.75 cents/kWh
$25.04/kW Demand
A voluntary rate designed for consumers whose business operates on a seasonal basis and who meets the eligibility requirements of the General Service Demand Rate Schedule or its successor.
View Schedule| Energy Charges | Summer | Non-Summer |
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| On-Peak | 4.75 cents/kWh | 4.75 cents/kWh |
| Off-Peak | 3.75 cents/kWh | 3.75 cents/kWh |
$25.76/kW on-peak Demand
$13.94/kW off-peak Demand
A time-of-use rate is applicable to all customers meeting the eligibility requirements of the General Service Schedules or their successor.
View ScheduleIndustrial and Wholesale Rates
Santee Cooper offers the Large Light & Power Schedule and six associated riders to customers with large, industrial-type electrical requirements.
Customers served under this schedule must contract for at least 1,000 kW of demand and receive service directly from or near our transmission system.
The six riders provide for different types of service. When combined with the firm service delivered under the Large Light & Power Schedule, customers can tailor their service agreement to suit their specific needs based on load factor, ability to reduce load, or ability to align operations with periods during which Santee Cooper can provide energy at lower cost. This is especially important to manufacturers whose electrical operating costs comprise a significant percentage of their finished product costs.
A brief description of each type of service is listed below, along with a link to the full schedule or rider. Please be sure to consult an Industrial Services representative at 843-761-4063 if you are considering service under the Large Light & Power offerings. We can review the advantages of each rider and provide operating cost estimates based on your projected loads.
This schedule provides firm service, available whenever a customer chooses to use it, at essentially the same price all the time. All Large Light & Power customers receive some firm service. The Terms and Conditions of Large Power Electric Service are set forth in Attachment A to this schedule.
View ScheduleService under this rider is curtailable by Santee Cooper on an hourly basis. In most instances, the customer has the opportunity to buy through a curtailment.
View ScheduleThis is a real-time pricing rate; the price for energy changes each hour, and customers must schedule their usage each hour. Service under this rider is curtailable by Santee Cooper in emergency situations. Pricing alternatives are available under this rider where the energy price is fixed during certain hours.
View ScheduleView Optional Rider ScheduleView As-Used Rider ScheduleThis rider is available for customers that self-generate and would like Santee Cooper to provide service on a standby basis.
View ScheduleThis schedule applies to electrical power and energy that is interruptible or curtailable under short notice.
View ScheduleOutdoor Rental Light Program Rates
For more information on Santee Cooper outdoor lighting, please visit Outdoor Rental Lighting Program. Electric service is also subject to our official Terms and Conditions of Retail Electric Service.
This schedule is applicable for outdoor yard and area lighting to retail customers.
View ScheduleThis optional schedule is available to retail customer for existing and new outdoor yard and area lighting.
View ScheduleThis optional schedule is available to developers for the installation of new outdoor yard and area lighting.
View ScheduleAdjustments
The following Adjustments and Riders are applicable to more than one customer class.
This clause is applicable to the energy charges of all published rate schedules that so specify.
View ScheduleThis clause is applicable to the energy or demand charges of all published rate schedules that so specify and credits these customers with appropriate revenues obtained by Santee Cooper through sales associated with the L-14-ED-T Experimental Economic Development Service Rider.
View ScheduleThis clause is applicable to the energy or demand charges of all published rate schedules that so specify and credits these customers with appropriate shares of non-class revenues obtained by Santee Cooper.
View ScheduleThis rider is applicable to all residential and non-residential customers in the retail service area of the Authority and shall be limited to customers receiving concurrent service from the Authority where a photovoltaic or other qualifying generation source of energy as determined by the Authority is installed on the customer's side of the delivery point.
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