115 Residential Conservation Service
When does peak hit on Omaha Public Power District’s 115 Residential Conservation Service? The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
- peak10.07¢
- off-peak9.96¢
What does 115 Residential Conservation Service cost a year?
| Household | Uses | A month | Per year | Works out to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment One or two people, no central air, no electric heat | 4,866 kWh | $69 | $829 | 17.0¢ / kWh |
| Family home Three or four people with central air conditioning | 9,453 kWh | $106 | $1,273 | 13.5¢ / kWh |
| Home with an EV Same house, plus an electric car charging overnight | 13,103 kWh | $134 | $1,607 | 12.3¢ / kWh |
Estimates, not quotes. We run three made-up but realistic households through this tariff hour by hour for a full year — including the way air conditioning loads the afternoon and an EV loads the small hours. Your own bill depends on when you actually use electricity, which is exactly the thing a per-kWh number hides.
What you actually pay
| Period | Rate | Applies when |
|---|---|---|
| peak | 10.07¢ | midnight–midnight, June–September |
| off-peak | 9.96¢ up to 100 kWh9.26¢ up to 880 kWh7.57¢ | midnight–midnight, October–May |
Plus a fixed charge of $30 per month.
Should you be on 115 Residential Conservation Service?
The hour of day does not change what you pay here — the month does. Running the same house through the full year, July costs about $141 and February about $86. That $55 swing is part rate and part weather, and it is the reason a budget built on your spring bill will break in July.
Before a single kilowatt-hour moves, this plan charges $360 a year in fixed fees. On the apartment above that is 43% of the whole bill; on the house with a car charging in it, 22%. Fixed charges are invisible in a cents-per-kWh comparison and they punish small users hardest — if you use very little electricity, the headline rate is the least important number on this page.
How it compares to Omaha Public Power District’s other plans
Measured against the other residential plans this utility files, a family home lands 1st cheapest of 2 — nothing else here beats it for that household.
Against 110 Residential Service, which looks like the plan you land on by default, this one comes out $57 less per year (4%). We infer the default from the tariff structure rather than a flag in the data, so confirm it against your own bill before you switch.
Other Omaha Public Power District plans
Who can be on Omaha Public Power District’s 115 Residential Conservation Service?
Eligibility is not our judgement — it is written into the tariff Omaha Public Power District filed. This is what that document says:
This Rate Schedule is applicable to all Customers throughout OPPD’s Service Area who meet the criteria to be a Residential Customer as defined in the Service Regulations. To qualify for this Rate Schedule, the Customer must meet each of the following: • Have an electric heat pump in operation that has a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating of 14 or higher, with the heat pump installation passing OPPD’s size and efficiency tests, and • Supply at least 50% of the space-conditioning requirements using the electric heat pump dwelling, trailers, or to each of the units of flats, apartment houses, or multi-family dwellings, when such units are metered individually in the District's Service Area. A "unit" shall be a trailer, apartment, flat, or unit of a multi-family dwelling, equipped with cooking facilities.
Shortened — the clause runs longer in the filing. Quoted from the filed tariff. Your utility decides eligibility, not us; check with them before you switch.
If this is new to you
- Tiered billing for electricity: why the last kWh costs more
A cheap allowance, then a cliff. Where the cliff sits is the whole game.
- Should you switch to a time-of-use electricity plan?
A wide peak-to-off-peak gap is a lever, not a saving. Levers need something to move.
- Why is my electric bill so high in summer?
Usually three causes at once, and only one of them is your air conditioner.
- Why is my electric bill so high? Seven causes, in the order to check them
Seven causes, ranked by how often they are the answer. Only two are about using more.
Where this comes from
- Effective
- 2025-01-01
the date this tariff took effect
- Covers
- delivery + supply
the ZIP-code service map lists this territory as bundled, so the utility sells delivery and supply together
- Enrollment
- open to new customers
Tariff document: https://www.oppd.com/media/172612/oppd-rate-manual.pdf#page=24