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PECO's Off-Peak Discount Rate"Off-peak" service requires a separate meter. PECO is no longer issuing new OP meters to customers. This change does not affect customers who already have an off-peak meter installed. Only appliances hooked up to the OP meter will receive the special OP rate. All other usage will be billed at the rate for either R or RH usage. Typically, people have hooked up air conditioners, hot water heaters, clothes dryers, swimming pools, hot tubs, etc. to these meters. Appliances connected to an OP meter cannot draw power for certain hours of the day: between October and May from 4:30pm – 6:30pm. and June-September from 1:00pm – 7:30pm. Hot water heaters usually have sufficient capacity to provide hot water for a household even when the power to the heater is off. For some people, it is worth changing their electric lifestyle to enjoy big savings (like doing laundry only at night). For others, the OP meters are just not feasible. The Energy Cooperative offers a special rate for OP usage, but it's higher than PECO's rate. For 2008, PECO's Off-peak rate is 6.30 cents/kWh.
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