Your electric bill will arrive via U.S. Postal Service every month on or about the same date.  If your bill does not arrive, call us immediately. The amount you owe for electric service is still due.

The bill includes important information about your account. “Total Amount Due” and “Due Date” information appears in the top right-hand corner. Below the bar code is a list showing the meter read dates, kilowatt-hour use, etc.   A breakdown of account activity for the previous month is displayed in the bottom third of the bill page.

Charges for Electric Service include the following: 

FIXED CHARGE – A flat fee paid by every co-op member despite the amount of kilowatt hours used. The fixed charge helps pay to provide and maintain service to the meter.

DISTRIBUTION CHARGE – This is the cost of constructing, operating, upgrades and expansion of local electric distribution system, including equipment and facilities needed for meeting residential and commercial demand and varies with kWh usage.  It is the local lines you see in your neighborhood which distribute power from substations to the meter at your location.

GENERATION & TRANSMISSION CHARGE – This portion of your bill is not controlled by BREC.   This is the cost of owning, operating, and maintaining power plants and transmission lines necessary to produce and transmit energy to BREC.   It also includes the cost of fuel, environmental regulations and taxes and represents about half of your bill.  Transmission is long-distance high voltage “grid” which moves large volumes of bulk power to your local substation.  Transmission costs are about 5 percent of our electric bill.  Your power is produced by Buckeye Power, Inc, a generation, and transmission cooperative owned by the 25 distribution cooperatives serving Ohio. 

You might also see other charges on your electric bill, such as rent for an area light, credits for water heater load control switches, etc.