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Electric Power Rates - Residential
Our residential power rate has two parts:
- A monthly Availability Charge; and
- An energy usage charge, per kilowatt hour.
The monthly Availability Charge is $15.68. 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. For a detailed explanation of the Availability Charge click here.
The current base energy usage charge is 6.055 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 monthly Fuel Charge that is
added to AUB's base kWhr rate shown above.
The residential Fuel Charge for the month of February 2012 is $0.02101 per kWhr.
To calculate your all-up rate per kWhr, add the base rate to the Fuel Charge, which yields
$.06055 + ($0.02101 ) = $0.08156 per kWhr.
An average AUB residential customer uses about 1,348 kWhrs of electricity per month.
Under our present residential rate, a customer's monthly bill for 1,348 kwhrs would
be $125.62 = (.08156 X 1,348) + $15.68.
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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