Rate Design
Member Notice: Rate Design—New rates go into effect July 1, 2023
The Effect Of The Rate Structure On You—
What does this mean for your account? It depends on your energy use habits. This adjustment is designed to collect the Co-op’s costs fairly and give Members more control over their electric bills.
Rate Design Bill Calculator
We recommend you have your current bill ready. To enter your actual usage information, just click the drop-down to select your rate class and enter your data. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the office at 406-446-2310.
Current Bill | New Bill (July 1, 2023) |
Difference | |
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Base Charge | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Energy Charge (kWh) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NWE Transmission Charge (kWh) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
System Charge (kW) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Member Notice—
The Beartooth Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BEC) Board of Trustees hereby notifies Co-op Members that it will be voting on proposals to adjust rates for the Residential, Small Commercial, and Irrigation rate classes at the June 27, 2023, regular Board Meeting.
These proposed rate adjustments are the result of a rate design review process conducted by the Board and BEC’s Risk Management Committee that has been underway since October 2018. With the exception of the Irrigation rate class, the proposed rates are not intended to generate additional overall revenue for BEC. Rather, the proposed rates are designed to produce the same amount of revenue from each customer class as the current rates assuming normal weather conditions.
Over the years, BEC’s Cost of Service Analysis (COSA) results have consistently shown that Irrigation class revenues fall short of meeting the costs to serve this class. However, the total amount of revenue shortfall has varied with each COSA. The proposed change is intended to better align revenues with costs. The Risk Management Committee recommended that the Board implement a 4% revenue increase from the Irrigation rate class.
BEC Bylaws, ARTICLE X-Financial Transactions, SECTION 5: Change in Rates, require notice to be given to Members at least 30-days before a vote by the Board to approve any change in BEC’s rates.
The BEC Board of Trustees hereby notifies Co-op Members that the Board will vote on this proposal at the June 27, 2023, regular Board Meeting. During the notification period, Members may comment on this proposal via USPS to Beartooth Electric Cooperative, Inc., Attn: Member Services, PO Box 1110, Red Lodge, MT 59068; via email to bec@beartoothelectric.com; or at the regular Board Meetings on April 25, 2023 and June 27, 2023, or at the Annual Member Meeting on May, 20, 2023.
For additional information, please call General Manager Kevin P. Owens at (406) 446-2310, or contact any Member of the BEC Board of Trustees. This notice and documents related to BEC’s Rate Design process are available on the BEC website, www.beartoothelectric.com, under the My BEC tab, Rate Design, and Member Notices.
Current and proposed rates for affected rate classes are shown in the following table. The proposed rates would be effective beginning on July 1, 2023.
Cost of Service Analysis and Rate Design Information
All BEC members are invited and encouraged to attend both committee and board meetings to participate in the project process. If you are not able to attend the meetings, below are links to all articles, reports and presentations provided to date. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call the office at (406) 446-2310 or contact any board trustee or risk management committee member.
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
- Irrigation Meeting Presentation 2020 11 19 (PPTX)
- Irrigation Rate Design Discussion Trifold Brochure (PDF)
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
- Risk Management Committee Notes July 22 2020 (PDF)
- BEC Irrigation Rate Consideration July 22 2020 (PPT)
June 2020
- Risk Management Committee June 15 2020
- Memo on Peak Analysis June 5 2020 (PDF)
- BEC Peak Analysis Presentation June 15 2020 (PDF)
May 2020
April 2020
- BEC Rate Design Q&A Set1 4 1 20 (PDF)
- BEC Rate Design Q&A Set1 Attach9a 4 1 20 (PDF)
- BEC Rate Design Q&A Set1 Attach9b 4 1 20 (PDF)
- BEC Rate Design Q&A Set1 Attach14a 4 1 20 (PDF)
- BEC Rate Design Q&A Set1 Attach14b 4 1 20 (PDF)
- BEC Rate Design Q&A Set1 Attach16 4 1 20 (XLSX)
- BEC Rate Design Q&A Set2 4 1 20 (PDF)
- Pascoe Paper 4 1 20 (PDF)
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
December 2019
- Risk Management Committee Rate Design Recommendations December 16 2019 (PDF)
- Residential Bill Impacts Analysis — Slides — December 16, 2019 (PDF)
- BEC Irrigation Bill Impacts Appendix — December 3, 2019 (PDF)
- Rural Montana — December 2019 (PDF)
November 2019
October 2019
- Cooperative Telephone Meeting regarding demand charges — October 28, 2019 (PDF)
- EES Consulting Rate Design Analysis — October 25, 2019 (PDF)
- 2019 Strategic Plan (PDF)
- Rate Design Questions for Other Coops (PDF)
- Billing Insert — October 2019 (PDF)
September 2019
- Board Report – Risk Management — September 10, 2019 (PDF)
- BEC Rate Design Process Tentative Schedule — September 5, 2019 (PDF)
- “BEC looks at rate design options” — Carbon County News — September 5, 2019 (PDF)
- BEC Rate Design Objectives Matrix – Residential and Small Commercial Rate Options — September 5, 2019 (XLSX)
August 2019
- Risk Management Report — August 19, 2019 (PDF)
- Risk Management rate design questions — August 19, 2019 (PDF)
- Rural Montana — August 2019 (PDF)
July 2019
- Risk Management — 10 Year Forecast Assumptions — July 30, 2019 (PDF)
- Risk Management Meeting — July 19, 2019 (PDF)
- EES Consulting Rate Design Analysis — July 18, 2019 (PDF)
- Current Rates vs. COSA Unit Costs (CY20) (PDF)
June 2019
- Risk Management Committee Meeting — June 21, 2019 (PDF)
- EES Consulting COSA Results for 2020 — June 17, 2019 (PDF)
- Rural Montana — June 2019 (PDF)
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
- Risk Management Committee Report — March 14, 2019 (PDF)
- Risk Management Project Schedule — March 14, 2019
- Rural Montana — March 2019 (PDF)
February 2019
- Risk Management Meeting — February 19, 2019 (PDF)
- Rural Montana — February 2019 (PDF)
- Billing Insert — February 2019 (PDF)
January 2019
- CFC Electric Rates Development & Challenges (PDF)
- Risk Management Meeting — January 15, 2019 (PDF)
- Making Decisions – Risk Management, 2018 and 2019 (PDF)
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
- EES Consulting Cost of Service and Rate Design Seminar — October 9, 2018 (PDF)
- Press Release — “BEC Cost of Service/Rate Design Seminar Scheduled for Tuesday, October 9” — October 2, 2018 (PDF)
- Risk Management Report — October 2018 (PDF)
- Rate Design Schedule — Steps and Deliverables for Examination of Rate Design/Structure — October 2018 (PDF)
- Rural Montana — October 2018 (PDF)
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
- Risk Management Report — January 23, 2018 (PDF)
- Billing Insert — January 2018 (PDF)
- Rural Montana — January 2018 (PDF)
November 2017
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