On Mar 14, 1:22*pm, "
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On Mar 14, 1:07*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:





On Mar 14, 9:56*am, Edge wrote:

In northern Illinois where I live, electricity is provided by ComEd.
However ComEd is really two companies. One delivers electricity and
the other generates electricity. In my last bill, that portion that
was billed for "Electricity Supply Services" accounted for only 55
percent of the total bill. As the guy who writes the checks, the
simple formula I use is Total Cost / kWh. This comes out to $0.149 per
kWh. On the bill the stated cost of a kWh is only $0.06968.

2 different items were purchased:

Electricity at $0.06968 / kWh
Delivery Services at $0.07932 / kWh

There's nothing wrong or even misleading on your bill. The cost of a
kWh of electricity is $0.06968.

When you buy something on eBay, did you pay $50 for the item and $6.95
for shipping or did you pay $56.95 for the item?

I submit that you paid $50 *for the item* even though your total cost
was $56.95.

It may be nothing more than numerical semantics, but since different
parts of the purchase may be budgeted for and/or taxed differently,
they really do need to be separated out.

In at least some places they can also come from different
suppliers. *Here in NJ you have a choice of several companies that
you can choose to purchase the generation portion from. *One of
them is the regulated utility that also handles the distribution
portion.
The others are independent companies. *So even though the same
wires bring the electricity into your house, the source could be one
of the new competitors.

Like you say, I don't see anything shady or confusing about it.
It's very clear on my bill what the two seperate charges are for.- Hide quoted text -

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Same where I live. I can buy my electricity and gas from a few
different suppliers, but it always gets delivered by the lone utility
company in the area.

No one has ever been able to explain to me how they know which kWh
hours are mine so that the ones I'm paying for end up in my panel. Are
they bar coded or something?