Nickeled and Dimed to Death
Jul. 30th, 2005 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captpackratLatest SDG&E bill:
Electric Energy: $39.55
DWR Bond Charge: 3.36
Transmission: 5.01
Distribution: 46.51
Public Purpose Programs: 4.59
Nuclear Decommissioning: .41
Trust Transfer Amount: 5.99
Competition Transition Charge: 5.95
Reliability Services: 7.99
Total Electric Costs: $119.36
WTF??? $40 worth of electricity, and $79 worth of fees? What the hell?
(And that's not counting "franchise fees" and taxes.)
Electric Energy: $39.55
DWR Bond Charge: 3.36
Transmission: 5.01
Distribution: 46.51
Public Purpose Programs: 4.59
Nuclear Decommissioning: .41
Trust Transfer Amount: 5.99
Competition Transition Charge: 5.95
Reliability Services: 7.99
Total Electric Costs: $119.36
WTF??? $40 worth of electricity, and $79 worth of fees? What the hell?
(And that's not counting "franchise fees" and taxes.)
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Reliability Services?
Date: 2005-07-31 03:46 pm (UTC)I say don't pay that part and trust to luck!
Or buy lots of batteries.
For the purposes of making you jealous, my current electric bill came to just over $30 inclusive of everything. But as I gloat, I am even now moving back to the realm of NiMo and bills that look a lot6 like yours... such a fool am I to leave Solvay.