Electricity from a power company includes the following costs:
1. Installation charges for connection and integrity testing.
Business fees are higher than residential fees (for more complex needs).
2. Residential kilowatt-hour rates have averaged $0.10 across the USA since 1990.
A 100-watt lamp running for 10 hours will cost $0.10. However, recent energy costs are likely to raise that average to $0.15 by 2010.
3. Maintenance costs which involve negligence or sabotage by electric customers can be charged in part or in full to the customers.
Contact your power company for the complete list of scheduled fees and special charges.
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Residential Electric RateCost per Kilowatt Hour (Cents) as of 9/1/11 Single Family Dwelling8.850Basic Service$10.00
240 volt service is residential, split single phase. 480 volt service is commercial/industrial, three phase. In theory, with the approval of your municipality and electric utility, you could replace split single phase with commercial three phase service. However, the equipment for the replacement (transformers, feeder wire) would likely not be provided by the electric utility and would have to be bought by you. This equipment cost usually makes any benefit of such equipment not cost effective. Not to mention the cost doesn't end there. Your building electrical system would have to be rebuilt as a three phase system. That is like apples and oranges. You wouldn't even be able to plug in a typical 120v load without connecting transformers to step down the voltage.
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Need to know what size service is going to be installed at the end of the run.