How to read your bill
We recently made improvements to your residential electric bill to make key information easier to find while offering you a detailed
breakdown of your energy use costs. Below is a sample of your bill. Click on the numbers for an explanation
of that section of the bill.
Here is an explanation of some of the terms that appear on your bill:
Monthly service charge: This fixed monthly charge covers the costs for
billing and collections, metering, and meter reading.
Delivery (kWh) charge: This charge covers variable cost of supplying
necessary transmission and distribution facilities to meet customer's needs. The actual
charge to individual customers will vary month to month according to the amount of
energy consumed.
Energy (kWh) charge: This is a variable charge to cover the cost to buy or
produce the electricity consumed during the billing period.
Taxes: This refers to applicable city, county and state taxes.