The facilities charges are changing to more fairly recover the fixed costs of delivering electricity to members. This change will not completely recover these costs, but it is a move toward a fairer recovering of fixed costs. Palmetto’s fixed costs include equipment, such as poles, transformers, metering equipment, substation and other “hardware”. The fixed costs
… Continue ReadingThe facility charge is designed to recover Palmetto’s fixed costs which are costs Palmetto incurs regardless of an individual customer’s electric consumption. They are the costs of having a customer connected to the system even if the customer does not consume any electric power during the month. The fixed costs this charge is designed to
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