Maritime Electric — storage economics
General Service (Demand billed) · Prince Edward Island. 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- Utility
- Maritime Electric
- Rate class
- General Service (Demand billed)
- Demand charge
- CAD $13.40 per kW-month
- Energy charge
- CAD $0.1631 per kWh
- Peak window
- Winter peak, monthly billing demand
- Interconnection
- Typically 6–12 months
- Incentives
- efficiencyPEI commercial programs
- Effective date
- 2025-04-01
Example: 1,000 kW peak site
- Recommended system
- 300 kW / 850 kWh
- Annual demand charge savings
- $35,700
- Simple payback
- 9.7 yr
- IRR (10-yr)
- 0.7%