While one home may use 3,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month, another may use only 25 kilowatt-hours a month. So why is the fixed cost of providing service to each of these residences the same at $35 per month?
These fixed costs go toward the purchases and maintenance of the illustrated items below — and more — on behalf of each member. We all need a reliable energy grid, so we all share in the costs of building and maintaining it, regardless of how much energy we consume.
Where your service charge goes
![Pie chart depicting where a LaGrange County REMC customer's service charge goes](https://www.indianaconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/PIE-CHART-LOW-RES-1024x774.jpg)
Did you know? On average …
![Illustration of how much a meter, a pole and a bucket truck costs on average](https://www.indianaconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Did-you-know-graphic-LOW-RES-1024x532.jpg)