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  • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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    Don't forget to tip your landlord

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      Australia checking in. We have the price per Kw, and the number of Kw consumed.

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      Also Australian. I get a $0.87 per day supply charge plus kWh used.

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        Is this some USA joke I'm too European to understand?

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        You're allowed to buy electricity from a separate broker than your "power company" so they split the bill between power usage and service fees plus there's state and local taxes.

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        • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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          I always thought BT should get into the property market. They could sell a house, then rent that house to its new owner, then charge them a fee for using each room.

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          • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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            2% TRT contribution fee.

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            • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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              This is also how a $5 speeding ticket becomes $500. Thanks officer dipshit.

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              • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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                $50 fee for other people using solar panels

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                • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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                  I’ve tried setting up bank draft for my electric like 6 times, to avoid the 3% “convenience fee” for using a credit card. For some reason, it will not work. They have the option, I set it up, it says I need to wait several days to use it, and then it just vanishes from my account.

                  Calling the company gets me a rude person who barely speaks English. Government subsidized monopolies. Internet is even worse.

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                  • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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                    $389.69 (My math was off…. Sorry) $390.68

                    I had to sorry.

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                    • R [email protected]

                      Is this some USA joke I'm too European to understand?

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                      In the UK it's all rolled up into the "service charge". Including the "loads of other companies couldn't manage themselves properly and went bust and we had to take on their customers fee"

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                        $389.69 (My math was off…. Sorry) $390.68

                        I had to sorry.

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                        That's all they want you to look at anyway

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                          Is this some USA joke I'm too European to understand?

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                          Yeah probably. I’m in the US. Here’s how my bill is broken down and how much it costs for 1000kWh:

                          Generation Service Charge: $117
                          Customer Charge: $10 flat fee
                          Distribution Charge: $94
                          Transition Charge: -$1
                          Transmission Charge: $45
                          Net Meter Recovery Surcharge: $16
                          Revenue Decoupling Charge: -$1
                          Distributed Solar Charge: $4
                          Renewable Energy Charge: $0.50
                          Energy Efficiency Charge: $31
                          Electric Vehicle Program: $1

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                            I’ve tried setting up bank draft for my electric like 6 times, to avoid the 3% “convenience fee” for using a credit card. For some reason, it will not work. They have the option, I set it up, it says I need to wait several days to use it, and then it just vanishes from my account.

                            Calling the company gets me a rude person who barely speaks English. Government subsidized monopolies. Internet is even worse.

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                            Not sure your location, but in the us at least most banks have a bill pay service where they will send a paper check for you at no cost.

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                            • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]
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                              The worst for me is my gas bill. My bill is usually around $50-$60 per month, and when you break it down, the actual gas I use is $3. The rest are fees.

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                              • M [email protected]

                                Yeah probably. I’m in the US. Here’s how my bill is broken down and how much it costs for 1000kWh:

                                Generation Service Charge: $117
                                Customer Charge: $10 flat fee
                                Distribution Charge: $94
                                Transition Charge: -$1
                                Transmission Charge: $45
                                Net Meter Recovery Surcharge: $16
                                Revenue Decoupling Charge: -$1
                                Distributed Solar Charge: $4
                                Renewable Energy Charge: $0.50
                                Energy Efficiency Charge: $31
                                Electric Vehicle Program: $1

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                                720kWh, Germany:

                                • Consumption charge: 183€
                                • Base fee: 182€
                                • Electricity tax: 15€
                                • Revenue tax: 72€

                                Total 450€

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                                • prioritymotif@lemmy.worldP [email protected]

                                  You're allowed to buy electricity from a separate broker than your "power company" so they split the bill between power usage and service fees plus there's state and local taxes.

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                                  Being allowed to on paper and actually being able to are wildly different things. They're monopolies in most areas that get away with it by stringently denying that fact. Same with cable companies.

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                                    In the UK it's all rolled up into the "service charge". Including the "loads of other companies couldn't manage themselves properly and went bust and we had to take on their customers fee"

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                                    Same in Germany, it's called "base fee"

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                                      The worst for me is my gas bill. My bill is usually around $50-$60 per month, and when you break it down, the actual gas I use is $3. The rest are fees.

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                                      If fees are independent or partially independent of consumption, i would consider jumping to all electric.

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                                      • F [email protected]

                                        Not sure your location, but in the us at least most banks have a bill pay service where they will send a paper check for you at no cost.

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                                        Not sure your location

                                        I bet it's Texas.

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                                        • prioritymotif@lemmy.worldP [email protected]

                                          You're allowed to buy electricity from a separate broker than your "power company" so they split the bill between power usage and service fees plus there's state and local taxes.

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                                          You're allowed to buy electricity from a separate broker than your "power company"

                                          I'm curious about this, would you be willing to elaborate?

                                          Where I live we don't have a choice of electricity providers for my home. Are you talking about states that have deregulated energy markets?

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