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Detail showing your statement number, service location and billing date.
BThis indicates your meter number and rate classification.
C Your 13-month usage history to help you better watch trends and electric consumption.
D Your meter reading section:
- Type of Service - Listed as "Electric Service"; however, on security light-only accounts this column will be blank.
- Read Dates - The beginning and end dates of the current meter reading cycle.
- Days - The total amount of days in this current reading cycle.
- Reads - The previous and current meter dial readings.
- Metered Usage - The amount of electricity you consumed during this reading cycle, measured in kWh (kilowatt hours).
- Unit of Measure - Measured in kWh (kilowatt hours).
- Multiplier - In most homes the monthly electric use may be more than the meter can register, so there is a "multiplier" labeled on the front, which is usually 40, 80, or more. You then multiply the kwh used by the multiplier to get the total billed usage. In homes with a newer meter that is able to register greater monthly, the multiplier is usually 1 (such as in the example above).
- Billed Usage - The amount of electricity you are being billed for during this reading cycle.
E Budget message - If you are on budget billing, this message (with your current information) appears on your bill each month.
F Your charge details / breakdown of charges:
- Payment - This shows your last month's payment.
- Service Charge - This component allows us to generate sufficient revenue to cover our fixed costs. Fixed costs are those that we incur annually no matter what, such as interest and principal on long term debt, insurance, employee wages and benefits, equipment, trucks, tools, and rebuilding of the distribution system, to name a few. Read more.
- Generation & Transmission Charge - This is Buckeye Power’s wholesale cost that Hancock-Wood incurs each month and is the amount you pay for wholesale power, which includes generation, transmission, and environmental costs.
- Air Conditioning, Water Heater, Dual fuel and/or Geothermal - This indicates the discount you receive for having a radio-controlled switch installed on one or more of these appliances.
- Operation Round Up - This line item shows that your bill was automatically rounded up to the next highest dollar, and that amount is then deposited into a separate account. These funds are used as charitable contributions to to qualifying community groups and individuals in our area needing assistance. Read more.
- Security Lights - Any security light you lease from us would be listed here.
- Electric Distribution Services Charge - The amount you pay for each kilowatt hour that you use each month. The costs to support, operate, and maintain our local delivery system -- the network of wires and equipment that carries electricity to your home -- are included here in our rates.
G Messages - We share important messages here, so be sure to read this area every month.
H Account Summary
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