OUC’s PeakShift and TruNet rate proposals
Bad for consumers, Bad for Orlando
OUC is proposing drastic changes to its consumer electric rate plans. These changes will cause serious negative impacts to the Orlando community.
Save Orlando Solar
Make your voice heard!
TELL the OUC BOARD and THE CITY OF ORLANDO that PEAKSHIFT/TRUNET is BAD for ORLANDO
Click here to Contact the OUC Commissioners via OUC website
Click here to contact the Orlando Mayor and City Commissioners
Scroll down this page for sample letter and email addresses.
Meeting to vote is December 10, 2:00 p.m. | 7th Floor Reliable Plaza and make public comments.
Click here to attend the "Together Against Peakshift" event on December 4.
Click or hover over the boxes for explanations on the repercussions to OUC ending net metering.
OUC’s proposal will force Orlando residents to monitor and reduce their own electric consumption constantly, or face higher monthly fixed fees.
Beginning in early 2026, fixed charges of $5, $10 or $15 will be based on monthly peak usage.
Fixed demand charges force Orlando residents to monitor and reduce their own electric consumption constantly, or face higher monthly fixed fees.
Puts solar and savings out of reach for most homeowners, making solar only accessible to the rich.
Homeowners purchasing a system typically finance for 20-30 years. Spreading the cost of the system over time allows them to offset their utility bill with the loan payment when their utility has net metering. Without net metering, investing in solar is not offset by these credits.
Will drive solar companies out and lead to drastic job losses, leaving residents without companies to service their systems.
There are an estimated 3,000 direct jobs and 15,000 indirect jobs in the Greater Orlando area.
Reducing or eliminating net metering in any form would threaten the livelihoods of thousands of individuals employed by solar contractors operating in OUC territory.
In the wake of hurricanes, reduces motivation for homeowners to support community grid resiliency through solar and storage systems.
When coupled with energy storage, solar provides energy security, resiliency and independence during disasters. These homeowners can support their neighbors in the immediate aftermath if the grid is down.
Hurts solar homeowners by making it harder to sell solar homes.
The proposal would only grandfather net metering the current OUC customer, not future owners of a home with solar. Homeowners with solar loans or leases would not be able to transfer the net metering benefits to the next owner, making the solar investment a cost with no offset.
Seals the fate Orlando area residents, making them less energy independent.
OUC is eliminating benefit of net metering for solar installations after July 1, 2025.
Spreading the cost of the system over time allows them to offset their utility bill with the loan payment when their utility has net metering.
Rooftop Solar has helped thousands of low to medium income families save money on their OUC energy bills, and helped OUC offset a rapidly growing demand for electricity in its service territory.
The rooftop solar industry today encompasses 3,000 direct and over 15,000 indirect jobs in the Orlando area, with over $600 million in economic impact to the Orlando area to date.
All of that is in jeopardy under OUC’s PeakShift/TruNet proposal. OUC’s PeakShift/TruNet will lock Orlando residents into a future with fewer energy choices and higher costs.
The proposal was presented during the OUC Board of Commissioners meeting on November 5, 2024, and is expected to be voted on during the December 10, 2024, Commission meeting.
Please attend the meeting to show support for protecting rooftop solar.
Meetings take place in Commission Chambers on the 7th floor of Reliable Plaza
OUC Commissioner Direct email & phone numbers
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
buddy.dyer@orlando.gov
407.246.2221
Larry Mills: l.mills@mtzionmbic.org (407) 229-8820 / 407-423-0023
Roger Chapin: roger@chapin-communications.com 407-497-4844
Britta Gross: britta.gross@gm.com / bgross @epri.com 586-596-0382
Linda Landman Gonzalez lgonzalez@orlandomagic.om 407-353-9698 / 407-916-2530
