Commercial Energy Management in the Orange County
Orange County is served by Anaheim Public Utilities, which sells the power as well as delivering it. There is no competitive supplier to switch to here — so the savings come from the rate schedule, the demand component and billing recovery.
How Energy Buying Works in Orange County
Anaheim runs its own municipal electric utility, which puts it outside both Direct Access and any Community Choice Aggregation — a business two miles away in SCE territory has options that an Anaheim business does not. The load here is unusually peaked: convention center, theme park and stadium operations concentrate enormous demand into event windows, and demand charges are set by exactly those windows. Anaheim Public Utilities generally prices below neighboring SCE, which leads local operators to assume there is nothing to fix. The demand component and rate classification usually say otherwise.
California opened to competition in 1998, but the terms are set territory by territory, not statewide. Anaheim Public Utilities's distribution rates, its default supply price and its rate schedules are all set independently of the other utilities in California — which is why an offer that is genuinely competitive in one part of the state can be mediocre here. Everything on this page is scoped to Anaheim Public Utilities specifically.
Anaheim Public Utilities Commercial Rates
Which schedule you are on sets the shape of the bill before a single kilowatt-hour is priced.
| Schedule | Typically covers |
|---|---|
| Small General Service | commercial accounts below the demand threshold |
| General Service — Demand | demand-metered commercial accounts |
| Large General Service | large commercial and industrial load |
Schedule names, demand thresholds and eligibility rules change with each rate case, and the schedule an account was originally placed on is frequently no longer the one that fits it. We verify yours against the actual bill rather than assuming — that check is free, and it is where a meaningful share of the savings on this page comes from.
Energy Management by Industry in Orange County
Theme park and convention hospitality, sports venues, and light manufacturing dominate commercial load here. Each sector carries a different load shape on Anaheim Public Utilities, and the strategy changes with it.
Manufacturing · concentrated here
Manufacturing facilities in the Orange County typically run 500,000+ kWh/month on a 24/7 baseload with peak production hours profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Manufacturing Energy in Orange County →Retail · concentrated here
Retail facilities in the Orange County typically run 100,000-500,000 kWh/month on a high during business hours, lower overnight profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Retail Energy in Orange County →Hospitality · concentrated here
Hospitality facilities in the Orange County typically run 200,000-700,000 kWh/month on a variable based on occupancy and season profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Hospitality Energy in Orange County →Healthcare
Healthcare facilities in the Orange County typically run 800,000+ kWh/month on a constant high load with minimal fluctuation profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Healthcare Energy in Orange County →Data Centers
Data Centers facilities in the Orange County typically run 2,000,000+ kWh/month on a consistent extreme baseload profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Data Centers Energy in Orange County →Education
Education facilities in the Orange County typically run 300,000-1,000,000 kWh/month on a academic calendar-driven fluctuations profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Education Energy in Orange County →Property Management
Property Management facilities in the Orange County typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a business hours peak for commercial, evening for residential profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Property Management Energy in Orange County →Food Service
Food Service facilities in the Orange County typically run 50,000-200,000 kWh/month on a meal period peaks with constant refrigeration baseload profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Food Service Energy in Orange County →Warehouse & Logistics
Warehouse & Logistics facilities in the Orange County typically run 400,000-1,500,000 kWh/month on a 24/7 operations with shift-based peaks profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Warehouse & Logistics Energy in Orange County →Automotive
Automotive facilities in the Orange County typically run 80,000-300,000 kWh/month on a business hours concentration with some 24/7 operations profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Automotive Energy in Orange County →Municipal & Government
Municipal & Government facilities in the Orange County typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a varies widely by facility type profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Municipal & Government Energy in Orange County →Agriculture
Agriculture facilities in the Orange County typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a highly seasonal with weather dependency profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Agriculture Energy in Orange County →Technology
Technology facilities in the Orange County typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a extended hours with always-on equipment profile, billed on Anaheim Public Utilities commercial schedules.
Technology Energy in Orange County →Cities in Orange County
Anaheim Public Utilities serves Orange County.
Anaheim, CA
Served by Anaheim Public Utilities, a municipal utility — savings come from tariff and demand work.
Anaheim Energy Management →Other Utility Territories
Different utility, different rates. If your facilities span more than one of these, they need more than one strategy.
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Los Angeles Metro
LADWP · LADWP
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South Bay & Long Beach
Southern California Edison · CAISO SP15
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San Diego Metro
SDG&E · CAISO SP15
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Bay Area
PG&E · CAISO NP15
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Central Valley
PG&E · CAISO NP15
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Sacramento Metro
SMUD · SMUD
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