In this thread: http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=44363
Chris B detailed his California electric rates as follows:
I agree with Chris.
I checked my recent bill, and we used 876 kWh, just like Chris. Here in northern Illinois, the effective rate (without taxes) is about $0.104/kWhr. (The "raw" rate is $0.07395/kWhr, without the "distribution facilities charge", "transmission services charge", a current "rate relief credit" of $0.00261/kWhr, "environmental cost recovery adjustment" and "energy efficiency programs". Each of these are multiplied by one's power usage, and results in the previous effective rate that I indicated above).
My questions to our California members are:
Does the rate structure that Chris listed take into account the number of people in a household? Or are families penalized for having several users in a single residence which push the total electricity usage higher than a person living all alone would use?
Are the higher rates effectively a tax, where the government takes the spread between the basic rate (which reflects the actual production cost) and the actual billed rate? Or does that windfall go into the utility's pocket?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Chris B detailed his California electric rates as follows:
I agree with Chris.
I checked my recent bill, and we used 876 kWh, just like Chris. Here in northern Illinois, the effective rate (without taxes) is about $0.104/kWhr. (The "raw" rate is $0.07395/kWhr, without the "distribution facilities charge", "transmission services charge", a current "rate relief credit" of $0.00261/kWhr, "environmental cost recovery adjustment" and "energy efficiency programs". Each of these are multiplied by one's power usage, and results in the previous effective rate that I indicated above).
My questions to our California members are:
Does the rate structure that Chris listed take into account the number of people in a household? Or are families penalized for having several users in a single residence which push the total electricity usage higher than a person living all alone would use?
Are the higher rates effectively a tax, where the government takes the spread between the basic rate (which reflects the actual production cost) and the actual billed rate? Or does that windfall go into the utility's pocket?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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