Program Details
- Program members receive an annual incentive payment of up to $75 per kW of committed reduction
- The BEC program conducts a thorough demand response assessment and works closely with member-facility staff to create a custom step-by-step protocol designed to achieve their committed load reduction goal
- The BEC provides advanced onsite meter-monitoring equipment, along with a web-based application that allows BEC members to collect and analyze their electrical usage data in near real time
- Performance evaluation of program members is based on a combination of the overall performance of the BEC Group and individual member performance during curtailment events
- Members are notified of a curtailment event on a Day-Ahead or Same-Day (only in case of a system emergency) basis
- Curtailment events are limited to 5 hours per event and 5 curtailments per month
Program Triggers
A Load curtailment may be requested in response to the following Program Triggers:
- The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) declares -- or PG&E expects the CAISO to declare -- a Stage 1 or higher emergency
- The CAISO forecasts -- or PG&E expects CAISO to forecast -- a system load to meet or exceed 43,000 MW
- The CAISO or PG&E foresee or declare a localized system emergency, including but not limited to, high temperature forecasts, loss of generation or transmission resources. In this case, PG&E may call an event for a particular BEC participant group, as defined by PG&E's transmission planning areas