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Electric Power Rates - Residential
Our residential power rate has two parts:
- A minimum monthly fee; and
- An energy usage, charge, per kilowatt hour.
The minimum monthly fee is $15.57. It will apply to every bill. This fee allows
us to properly maintain and service the 500-plus miles of power distribution lines,
thousands of home service lines, and all of the associated equipment in the AUB
power system. The fee directly contributes to helping us keep our energy usage
charge as low as we can in the market.
The current base energy usage charge is 7.889 cents for each
kilowatt hour (kWh) that you use. It applies to the electric power you use to run
all of your appliances, lights, heating and cooling units, and so forth.
(What is a kWh? Click here.)
Each month, TVA announces a quarterly Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) factor that is
added to AUB's base kWhr rate shown above.
The residential FCA for the month of August, 2010, is $0.00535 per kWhr.
To calculate your all-up rate per kWhr, add the base rate to the FCA, which yields
$.07889 + ($0.00535) = $0.08424 per kWhr.
An average AUB residential customer uses about 1,260 kWhrs of electricity per month.
Under our present residential rate, a customer's monthly bill for 1,260 kwhrs would
be $121.71 = (.08424 X 1,260) + $15.57.
Also, you may notice a class code on your utility bill. Residential Customers are
classified as either a Code 1, 22, or 23. Class code 1 is for non-urban residential
service, Class 22 is for urban residential service, and Class 23 is for other types
of residential service. The class code is for record-keeping purposes only; it does
not reflect a different rate.
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