We are your electric, water and rail service provider for Columbia, Missouri. You can save a substantial amount on your electric bills by participating in Columbia Water and Light s rate-saving programs. During a 24-hour period, the amount of electricity required by customers varies dramatically. Many commercial and industrial customers tend to use the most power during the day and a lot less at night.
Electric use is also highest in the summer when air conditioners run up demand.
These variations in demand create peaks and valleys in Columbia s system load. Working with customers to use less power at high demand times, and to shift demand to off-peak times, allows us to reduce peak demand and spread demand out evenly over the day. This peak reduction and load shifting means we can operate our system more efficiently and pass on cost savings to your business. Customers under the Large General Service Rate, or the Industrial Service Rate that have at least 500 kW of load that can be interrupted by Columbia Water and Light are eligible for this service rate. Customers in this classification will have a firm demand charge.