Maritime Electric
General Service (Demand billed)
$13.40/kW-mo
- Energy charge
- 0.1631 CAD/kWh
- Peak window
- Winter peak, monthly billing demand
- Interconnection
- Typically 6–12 months
- Incentives
- efficiencyPEI commercial programs
Prince Edward Island Commercial & Industrial BESS
High delivered energy prices and import dependence on New Brunswick make demand reduction and resilience the primary storage drivers.
Canadian BESS Snapshot
Last verified: 2026-06-30- Province
- Prince Edward Island (PE)
- Grid operator
- Maritime Electric
- Typical demand charge
- CAD $13.40 per kW-month
- Typical energy charge
- CAD $0.1630 per kWh
- Grid carbon intensity
- ~250 g CO₂e/kWh
- BESS outlook
- Emerging
- Utilities covered
- Maritime Electric
- Interconnection timeline
- Typically 6–12 months
Prince Edward Island sizing example
Industrial site with a 1,200 kW peak, 460,000 kWh per month, Level 2 tariff model.
- Recommended system
- 350 kW / 1,000 kWh
- Peak reduction
- 300 kW
- Estimated annual savings
- $51,916
- Simple payback
- 8.2 yr
Illustrative — site-specific analysis required.