FAQ Category: PSA

Customer Charge: This is a fixed cost based on costs for metering, billing, collection, and related costs. Energy Charge – The cost of energy based on the amount of electricity consumed each month, in addition to the costs of operating and maintaining the electrical transmission and distribution system, as well as virtually every business service…

TID strives to help all customers facing challenges managing their energy costs, with a number of assistance programs to make bill payment and budgeting easier. Customers can contact Customer Service at (209) 883-8222 or visit TID.org to inquire about these programs and possible payment arrangements. TID has programs available to assist customers in paying their…

Go to My.TID.org to log into My TID. Here you can track your usage by kWh or by amount spent on energy daily, weekly or each month. You can also compare your current spending and usage to the same time frame last year.

The PSA is reviewed twice a year and takes into account the previous 6 months power supply expenses and the forward 12 month projection of power supply costs. When those calculations show an increase, the PSA can increase, when they show a decrease, the PSA can decrease.

The PSA was adopted in December 2004 and historically has changed on the following dates.

In December 2022, like many industries, utilities had experienced a dramatic increase in power supply costs, causing the PSA to increase. Purchase power costs refer to the general cost to deliver power to our customers including, but not limited to, fuel prices and external power purchases. Now that those costs have leveled out, the PSA…

The past and future purchase power costs affect the billed PSA rate. Since June 2012, the net purchase power costs have been below the base rate resulting in a credit to our customers.

The PSA is a per kWh charge or credit, which takes into account variances in the District’s net power supply cost compared to the amount that is in the base rates. The power supply costs include such items as purchased electricity and fuel. When calculated, the PSA charge or credit takes into account the previous…

The result is a $0.01 per kWh decrease in your bill.  An average residential customer using 950 kWhs a month will see a monthly bill decrease of $9.77. Example of where on your bill the Power Supply Adjustment can be found.