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Understanding Your Bill
Your electric bill is made up of various charges that include items like the cost of power generation, infrastructure, the amount of energy you use and more. We want to give you the tools you need to understand the charges that make up your Coast Electric bill. Besides using the tools on this page, we encourage you to log on to your account here to get details about your electric use. If you need more information, we are always here for you. Our team of member service representatives and our energy experts can help you understand your bill, your energy use patterns and can tell you about ways you can reduce your use and save!
Residential Rate
This information applies to members on our regular residential rate. If you are interested in saving with our Time of Use rate, you can learn more here.
Account Details
Meter readings that reflect the previous and current kilowatt hours used and the total KWH used during this billing cycle, and billed demand.
Current Charges:
- Service Charge - The cost to have basic infrastructure and services available to provide electricity to your home or business.
- Energy Charge - The cost of electricity based on the kilowatt hours (kWh) used during the billing cycle.
- Demand Charge - This cost is based on the largest amount of energy used in your home or business in any given 15-minute interval during the billing cycle.
- Power Cost/Tax Adjustment –
- Power Cost - Pass through generation and transmission cost adjusted seasonally to reflect market prices.
- Tax Adjustment - Amount collected to cover tax obligations.
- Power Cost - Pass through generation and transmission cost adjusted seasonally to reflect market prices.
Operation Round Up - The amount of your bill rounded up to the nearest dollar.
Bill Comparison Chart - This chart compares your current billing cycle, previous billing cycle and the previous year.
Important reminders
KWH Use Chart - This graph shows your kilowatt hour use per day from the current billing cycle, and high and low temperatures to compare.
This graph shows the high and low temperatures from the current billing cycle to compare to your daily kilowatt hour use
Residential TOU Rate
This information applies to members who are taking advantage of our TOU rate. TOU allows members to save for using energy during off-peak hours.
Account Details
Meter readings that reflect the previous and current kilowatt hours used and the total KWH used during this billing cycle, and billed demand.
Current Charges:
- Service Charge - The cost to have basic infrastructure and services available to provide electricity to your home or business.
- Energy Charge - The cost of electricity based on the kilowatt hours (kWh) used during the billing cycle.
- Demand Charge - This cost is based on the largest amount of energy used in your home or business in any given 15-minute interval during the billing cycle.
- On/off-peak Energy Use - The cost of energy provided to you during on/off-peak times
- Power Cost/Tax Adjustment –
- Power Cost - Pass through generation and transmission cost adjusted seasonally to reflect market prices.
- Tax Adjustment - Amount collected to cover tax obligations.
Operation Round Up - The amount of your bill rounded up to the nearest dollar.
Bill Comparison Chart - This chart compares your current billing cycle, previous billing cycle and the previous year.
Important Reminders
KWH Use Chart - This graph shows your kilowatt hour use per day from the current billing cycle, and high and low temperatures to compare.
This graph shows the high and low temperatures from the current billing cycle to compare to your daily kilowatt hour use
