All electricity isn’t created equal. The power bills of Southern Nevadan residents will soon reflect that reality.

On Tuesday, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada gave NV Energy permission to implement a new pricing scheme . Currently, residential and small business customers pay a flat rate for how much electricity they use. Starting in April, they will face a new charge. Each day, NV Energy will identify the 15-minute time slot in which a customer uses the most electricity. It will then charge that customer based on his or her peak usage, which will be called the demand charge.

The company will continue to bill customers for their overall power usage. Their per-kilowatt-hour charge will decline because of the introduction of the demand charge.

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