"Why does the fixed charge appear separately on my bill? Is it a fixed fee that isn’t related to my consumption? Thank you."
A question from
sylvaintemiscouata-sur-le-lac February 20, 2016
As on all social media, we post questions exactly as we receive them. They are then translated.
Our answer
The fixed charge is the amount you pay for the service itself, apart from any consumption. It is set in relation to the fixed costs of providing electrical service, such as installing and reading the meter, metering, billing, collections and certain distribution system costs.
The fixed charge is is equivalent to a fixed amount of $40.64 cents per day.
The fixed charge is calculated on a daily basis according to the number of days of consumption in the billing period.
To learn more about our rates, you can visit our Web site on residential rates.
