Eight separate programs were approved, ranging from residential weatherization to commercial lighting. In seeking approval of the demand programs, OG&E will be permitted to recover the cost of implementing the programs through a demand program rider that would be added to customers’ electric bills.
Before any savings realized from the demand programs, OG&E’s request would increase the average residential electric bill by less than $1.40 per month, the company said.
Gary Marchbanks, manager of demand management at OG&E, said: “OG&E has a stated goal of not adding new, costly fossil-fueled electric generation until at least 2020, and our customers can help us meet that goal through conservation and improved energy efficiency.
“These programs provide customers with opportunities to use energy more efficiently and potentially avoid much higher costs associated with adding new generation in the years ahead.”
OG&E, a subsidiary of OGE Energy, serves approximately 776,000 customers in a service territory spanning 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
