Reading Your Electric Bill
Commercial & Industrial Customers
- Account Number - This is your personal identification number that Pascoag
Utility District uses to identify your service location.
- Billing Date - This is the date your bill was processed.
- Due Date - This is the date that the total amount due on your account
must be paid by. Please keep in mind that all bills are due 15 days after
the bill is processed.
- Customer Charge - The basic cost of providing service, such as metering,
meter reading and billing. These fixed costs are unaffected by
the actual amount of electricity you use.
- Demand - The demand is measured in Kilowatts. This is the measurement
of the capacity or rate at which you use the energy. The monthly demand
for which you are billed is based on the highest peak of energy which you
hit. You pay that amount per month for the next eleven months at which time
another peak is established.
- Power Factor - Is the extent to which you are using your power effectively.
A commercial or industrial customer is charged when they have
a Power Factor of 90% or less.
- Transition Charge - Prior to electric deregulation, Pascoag entered into
a purchase power agreement for a unit entitlement of the Seabrook Nuclear
Unit. This contract extends through 2020. It is the cost of energy and capacity
from this plant that relates to Pascoag’s Transition Charge.
- Transmission Charge - The cost of getting electricity from the generating
station to Pascoag’s sub-station.
- Conservation Charge - This cost, an assessment of all kilowatt-hours
sold is used to fund Pascoag’s conservation programs. Programs offered
include appliance and window rebates, incentives for installing
Energy Star heating equipment, free home energy audits, lighting
and heating incentives for commercial customers and many other programs.
- Renewable Energy - The cost to fund Renewable Energy Projects. This
money is forwarded to the State of Rhode Island.
- Total Electric - The sum of all electricity that was consumed in dollar
amount.
- Standard Offer - The charge for Pascoag Electric to provide energy to
its customers. This is the portion of the bill that customers can “shop” for.
For a complete listing of Non-Regulated Power Producers, please visit the
Rhode Island Public Utilities Commissioner’s website at www.ripuc.org.
- State Sales Tax - Sales tax is charged to all commercial and industrial
customers unless they provide documentation stating they are tax exempt.
- Compare Your Usage - This section compares your current month’s usage
to what it was at the same time last year.
- Payment Slip - This is the portion of the bill that is detached and mailed
in with the check. It is important to mail your slip with your check so
PUD knows which account to apply the check to.
If you have any questions on your electric bill, call the District office during normal business hours to speak with a Customer Service Representative.
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