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Originally Posted by #22
Just looking @ my last Enmax bill, and it looks like I'm in the 750 KW range (Dec-Jan, so Xmas lights etc). What I have a question about are all the additional charges. Distribution charge, Transmission charge, Rate riders, Local Acces fee. Are these rates a percentage of the usage charges or are they flat rates? Total usage charges are $55.11, total Electrical bill is $115.65. If these are all flat rates, then if I could reduce my usage by 50% (just as an example), I would only save 24% on my bill.
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Welcome to utilities. Problem is they have to cover costs of infrastructure/delivery to everyone, regardless of what you use (a big upfront and ongoing cost) and if they just put all of those into one rate per GJ or kWh, it would likely double it, and people with low usage wouldn't be covering the own cost of their services, so high users would be subsidizing their usage.