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 

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