About Our Pricing
A little information is a valuable thing
We offer more than 60 pricing options to meet the differing needs of our customers. One of them is bound to be right for your business. If you have questions, please contact us. We’ll be happy to explain your bill, your pricing, and even make suggestions about ways to save you money!
| Features | Advantages & Benefits |
| Demand pricing | Our most common pricing option for commercial and industrial customers: you get the energy you want, when you want it, at prices based on the amount you need. |
| Time of Use pricing | This rate can benefit customers with certain energy usage patterns or those who have the flexibility to shift usage to off-peak periods. |
| Real-Time Pricing | An option for larger users of electricity where the electricity cost can vary hourly and prices can be given ahead of time. |
| Miscellaneous pricing options | Alabama businesses can profit from an expanding number of energy pricing options developed especially with them in mind. |
| Access our detailed pricing schedules online | Review the actual pricing schedules for detailed information about the requirements and calculations of our rates. |
| Which pricing option is right for you? | It depends on the nature of your business and the billing history of your business location. We can help you find the right energy price. |
Demand pricing
The most common pricing option for commercial and industrial customers is demand pricing. Choose demand pricing and your energy cost will be comprised of two components: a demand charge based on the amount of electrical capacity you need and an energy charge for the power you use. Demand pricing options are available for medium-size business customers, manufacturing customers and general, large business customers.
Time of Use pricing
Under the TOU energy pricing option, the price of electricity depends on the time and day and the season of the year, similar to how airlines sometimes adjust fares during peak travel times. TOU prices are designed to lower energy costs for your type of business. And they can save you even more money if you move your energy consumption to off-peak and intermediate-peak hours.
Shifting your energy usage to off-peak hours helps Alabama Power keep electricity prices low too. Customers who shift electricity to intermediate and off-peak hours reduce the need to build additional power plants or buy power from other suppliers, helping keep prices low for all Alabama Power customers.
Real-Time Pricing
RTP options offer industrial customers electricity prices on an hourly basis. Pricing signals allow you to make the most economical use of your energy resources — you can cut your energy costs by reducing consumption when the hourly price is high. Seasonal aspects also affect electricity prices of RTP customers.
Miscellaneous Pricing Options
Pricing options such as agriculture service, farm service and cotton gins and peanut drying help keep the cost of electricity affordable for Alabama businesses. Other energy pricing options can also help our communities and neighborhoods. Special pricing choices for lighting athletic fields, traffic signal service and street and highway lighting help balance our community budgets and keep our neighborhoods lighted and safe.
Which pricing structure is right for you?
The determination of which pricing structure is right for your business is based on the nature of your business and the billing history of your business location.
If you have questions about the pricing structure applied to your business, or for information about ways you can save money on your energy bill, contact us. We'll explain your bill, make suggestions on ways you can save money and send you more information.