Diverse Power Incorporated Rate Selection Guide
Diverse Power Incorporated is a member-owned electric cooperative serving roughly 38,000 customers across central Georgia and eastern Alabama from its LaGrange headquarters. Data access is portal-only: bills and balances through bill.diversepower.com and the My DPI mobile app, with usage tracking limited to Pre-Pay customers. There is no Green Button, EDI, API, smart-meter interval data, or third-party authorization program — all external data requests run manually through customer service.
Market Overview
DPI operates as a member-owned electric cooperative in Georgia's regulated market (with a small Alabama footprint in Chambers County). Members cannot shop for competitive supply; the Georgia PSC does not impose data-access mandates on cooperatives the way some states do for IOUs.
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Current Rate Schedules
Diverse Power Incorporated (DPI), a LaGrange, Georgia EMC, sets rates by board resolution and files them with the Georgia PSC. Non-residential service splits at 7.5 kW billing demand: Small General Service below it (flat energy rate, no demand billing) and Schedule GS above it (blocked energy rates keyed to kWh per kW of billing demand). A Large General Service schedule (GS-L) covers accounts at 300 kW+ minimums with a facilities charge. All schedules carry a wholesale power cost adjustment of 0.1 mill/kWh for each 0.1 mill DPI's 12-month average purchased power cost deviates from 74.0 mills/kWh. Billing demand on GS/GS-L uses the highest 30-minute kW reading with a 12-month seasonal ratchet (summer demand sets 95% floors; winter sets 60% floors). Rates shown are from the February 2022 PSC filing — see DPI's rates page for current figures.
Effective: February 1, 2022 · Full Tariff Book →
| Schedule | Type | Applicability | Structure | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small General Electric Service | commercial | Non-residential consumers with billing demand under 7.5 kW — small shops, offices, signage, pumps. | $20.00 monthly base charge plus $0.122/kWh flat energy charge, with wholesale power cost adjustment. Minimum monthly charge $15.00. | $0.122/kWh + $20 base charge |
| Schedule GS — General Service | commercial | Non-residential consumers with billing demand greater than 7.5 kW. | $55.00 base charge plus hours-use blocked energy: first 200 kWh per kW of billing demand at $0.162/kWh (first 10,000 kWh) and $0.137/kWh (over 10,000 kWh); next 200 kWh/kW at $0.077; over 400 kWh/kW at $0.072. Billing demand is the highest 30-minute kW with a seasonal 12-month ratchet (95% of summer peak / 60% of winter peak floors, 7.5 kW minimum). Minimum monthly charge includes $1.00/kW or $1.00/kVA of transformer capacity. | $0.072-$0.162/kWh depending on hours-use block+ Embedded in blocked energy rates; 30-minute demand with 12-month seasonal ratchet |
| Schedule GS-L — General Service Large | industrial | Large commercial and industrial accounts; billing demand minimum of 300 kW (or 50% of contract capacity). | $55.00 base charge; combined energy/demand blocks: first 1,500 kWh at $0.1159, next 8,500 kWh at $0.10955, over 10,000 kWh at $0.0969; consumption over 200 kWh per kW of billing demand at $0.077 and over 400 kWh/kW at $0.072. Facilities charge of 1.5% of total DPI investment per month. Same 30-minute demand and seasonal ratchet methodology; minimum includes $2.50/kW of billing demand. | $0.072-$0.1159/kWh depending on block+ Embedded in hours-use blocks plus $2.50/kW minimum component; 12-month seasonal ratchet |
| Outdoor Lighting Service | commercial | Dusk-to-dawn security and area lighting for residential and commercial members. | Flat monthly charge per fixture by lamp type; see DPI rates page for the current fixture schedule. | — |
Rate Recommendations by Use Case
Manufacturing and large facilities (300 kW+)
Plants and large commercial accounts in DPI's LaGrange-area territory take Schedule GS-L, where the seasonal demand ratchet dominates cost structure.
GS-L billing demand is the highest 30-minute reading with a 12-month ratchet: a single summer peak sets a 95% floor for the following year, and winter peaks set 60% floors. Controlling one bad interval protects twelve months of bills, and high hours-use pushes consumption into the $0.072/kWh tail block.
- Treat June-September peaks as annual commitments — pre-cool, stagger starts, and curtail discretionary load on hot afternoons
- Audit the 1.5% facilities charge against DPI's recorded investment for your service
- Negotiate contract capacity carefully: the minimum is 50% of contract capacity even if actual demand drops
Mid-size commercial — retail, restaurants, distribution (7.5 kW-300 kW)
Schedule GS uses hours-use blocks: the more kWh you run per kW of demand, the cheaper the marginal energy.
The first 200 kWh per kW of billing demand bills at $0.137-$0.162/kWh, falling to $0.072 past 400 kWh/kW — so load factor improvement, not just consumption cuts, drives savings. The same 30-minute ratchet applies, so a momentary spike inflates the expensive first block for a year.
- Improve load factor: longer, flatter operating hours move energy into the $0.077/$0.072 blocks
- Soft-start compressors and HVAC to avoid setting new 30-minute ratchet peaks
- DPI advises on rate selection on request, but rate changes are locked for 12 months — model before switching
Small commercial under 7.5 kW — kiosks, pumps, small offices
Accounts under 7.5 kW demand stay on Small General Service with simple flat-rate billing.
At $0.122/kWh flat plus a $20 base charge with no demand component or ratchet, billing is purely volumetric. Crossing 7.5 kW moves the account onto GS's demand-ratcheted structure, which can raise costs sharply for peaky loads.
- Keep peak demand under 7.5 kW where practical to remain on the simpler schedule
- Every kWh saved returns the full $0.122 plus power cost adjustment
- Consolidate trivial separate meters to avoid stacking $20 base charges
Agricultural and multi-site rural operations
Farms, gins, and irrigation operations spanning DPI's eight-county territory often hold many meters across rate classes.
DPI is a member-owned cooperative — margins return as capital credits, and members may choose among applicable published rates. Seasonal loads like irrigation interact badly with the GS ratchet (a summer pumping peak sets floors year-round), so schedule selection per meter matters.
- Review each meter's class annually; the consumer chooses among applicable rates under DPI's filed rules
- Rotate pump operation to cap 30-minute coincident peaks
- Keep membership records current to receive capital credit retirements
Cost Optimization Strategies
With no interval data available, DPI members optimize costs through disciplined monthly bill tracking, rate-schedule review with the cooperative, and program participation (Pre-Pay, solar, future demand response).
Build a monthly bill archive
For: All members, especially multi-account C&I
Download or email-forward every bill from the portal and structure the data manually — it's the only consumption record available for trend analysis and budget validation.
Verify rate schedule fit
For: Commercial and industrial accounts
Review the published rate schedules with DPI Customer Service to confirm each account is on the lowest-cost applicable class.
Ask about PURPA demand-response and EV programs
For: Members with flexible or EV load
DPI's 2023 PURPA hearing considered demand-response and EV charging programs; ask what was implemented — participation may unlock bill credits.
Use Pre-Pay tracking where appropriate
For: Smaller accounts seeking usage visibility
Pre-Pay accounts get the cooperative's only online usage visibility; for small accounts where awareness drives savings, Pre-Pay's balance tracking is a practical monitoring tool.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I get interval data from Diverse Power?▾
No. DPI has no documented AMI deployment, and no 15-minute, 30-minute, or hourly data is available. Pre-Pay customers see balance-based usage tracking in the portal and My DPI app; everyone else gets monthly billing totals. Confirm meter capability for your service territory at 706-845-2000 before assuming interval data exists.
Does Diverse Power support Green Button, EDI, or an API?▾
None of the three. There is no ESPI/Green Button implementation, no EDI trading partner program (no 814/820/867 transactions), and no developer portal or public API. Nectar provides API access to this utility's billing data — see docs.nectarclimate.com — otherwise plan on customer-provided bills rather than programmatic access.
How does a consultant get authorized to access a DPI member's billing data?▾
Manually. The customer calls 706-845-2000 (or 1-800-845-8362) and names the third party; DPI may require a signed authorization form returned by email or fax (706-845-2020). Then coordinate delivery format (PDF, printed, or email) and whether data goes to the customer or directly to you. Recurring pulls must be negotiated.
What's the most practical way to track usage across DPI commercial accounts?▾
Build a bill archive: download bills from https://bill.diversepower.com/oscp/ (HTML, save as PDF via browser print) or set up E-Bill email forwarding, then structure the monthly data manually. With no CSV export or interval data, organized bill collection is the foundation for any rate or efficiency analysis.
What programs does DPI offer beyond standard billing?▾
Pre-Pay metering (the only program with online usage tracking), a Cooperative Solar purchasing program, and potentially demand-response or EV charging programs following its June 2023 PURPA hearing — implementation outcomes weren't published, so ask DPI what's currently available.
What does Nectar's roadmap support level mean for Diverse Power?▾
DPI is on Nectar's roadmap: automated ingestion is planned but not yet productized. Given DPI's portal-only access, Nectar works with customer-provided bill PDFs, E-Bill forwarding, or manually authorized data exports from Customer Service while integration options are evaluated.
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