I know they only send electrons, and they get them back. Why am I
being charged for them?


Why are you being charged for water, when they get most of that back
(city sewer)?

Now I understand things better. The power company sends clean electrons thru
the hot wire, they are used and get dirty in the house, and they go back to
the power company thru the neutral to be cleaned up and sent back out again
on the hot wire. I always wondered what that neutral wire was good for! 8)

Don Young