The fixed charge helps pay for the pole, transformer and hard ongoing maintenance and eventual replacement.

We think electricity is a bargain for all Bills Utility us. Every utility tries to set its fixed charge put a level that reflects its real cost of delivering service, whether that service is used or not. Vacuum cleaner Bills 15 cents per month. If you Utility Bills stock tank heaters, check the wattage.

If we use the above example, that means $95 was for help charge, lights, TV, etc. Every electric company has a different fixed charge and a Utility KWH rate.

A combination of these mini-users taken together might total long little as $2 to maybe $5 a month. Residences with greater than 200 amp services pay an extra two per month fixed charge due to the greater cost of maintenance of larger services. And it learn be $15 with an efficient tank set to 120 degrees.

Let's start with the cost of some mini-users: Clocks and radios use maybe 10 to 25 cents per month of electricity. You'll to see where it's going. KWH (kilowatt- hour) for each every KWH. A few times a week asks me what an average electric bill should be. Subtract the charge and you have $61.

A nickel's worth electricity would probably power a carving knife for 20 years of average use. This statement tips me off that individual does not know how little electricity an electric carving knife uses. In January you receive bill for $95. Beyond that, some of us have auto engine heaters our cars.

• It's normal to use more electricity the winter.
• It's not a coincidence that city utilities have low fixed charges while rural utilities have higher charges.
• If you 40 KWH per day, you'll notice that some days are higher and some days are lower.
• But our standard advise still goes: use what you need, and make sure you what you use.

A 1000 watt engine heater plugged in for 8 a day, 30 days a month costs $12 per month. Year after year see penny-wise, pound-foolish decisions made by local folks on the basis of what electricity costs in New York City. Miscellaneous items up the remaining $4.

• An refrigerator installed in a hot garage might cost you $10 a month.
• During winter all use more of the basics: more lights, more TV, more hot water, and so on.
• The average rate throughout the is about 9 cents per KWH.
• If you have 3 water beds, each using a month, that's $30 added to your bill every month.
• The old hooked to the Nintendo was $3.

Here again, your wattage and consider adding timers. The new TV the living room was $3.

• Stock tank heaters are easy to overlook you're trying to figure out what's driving up your electric bill.
• Even if you use electricity at all your bill includes a monthly $18.
• Once or twice year someone will tell me that they stopped using their electric carving knife, and the bill is still too high.
• A 1000 watt heater that's on for 24 hours a day for 30 a month, uses $37 a month.
• USAGE CHARGE: Your usage charge depends upon the actual of electricity you use each month.

If you have a 10 meter, calculate your KWH usage as follows: Let's say Saturday at noon your meter reads 6510 and Sunday at noon it reads 6514. Of course, these dollar figures will widely from family to family. FIXED CHARGE : Your residential electric bill from Ravalli County Electric Cooperative starts with a fixed charge of $18. Let's look at a summer electric bill.