SMECO Bill

[Dupontster]

Got my bill today...Went up about $50.00....I did use a little more heat this past month though...I was looking over the bill and they sure make them hard to understand...I had a"Standard Offer Service", "Distribution Service", "Regulatory, State, and Local Taxes", and "Other Charges and Credits" I used 2688kWh @ $0.0869 for Energy Charge....$0.007447 for Power Cost Adjustment....$0.0219 for Distribution Charge....$0.00024 for Demend Side Mgmt Surcharge....$0.00062 for Public Serv. Co. Franchise Tax....$0.000139 for Md Environmental Surcharge....That doesn't include Electric Universal Service Charge, St. Mary's County Energy Tax, or A Customer Charge of $8.60....They did deduct $2.50 for Load Management Credit though...Now can any one explain these charges to me? What am I going to do? I'm going to pay my $327.98 and stop bit(hin....

 

[SEABREEZE 1957]

Got my bill today...Went up about $50.00....I did use a little more heat this past month though...I was looking over the bill and they sure make them hard to understand...I had a"Standard Offer Service", "Distribution Service", "Regulatory, State, and Local Taxes", and "Other Charges and Credits" I used 2688kWh @ $0.0869 for Energy Charge....$0.007447 for Power Cost Adjustment....$0.0219 for Distribution Charge....$0.00024 for Demend Side Mgmt Surcharge....$0.00062 for Public Serv. Co. Franchise Tax....$0.000139 for Md Environmental Surcharge....That doesn't include Electric Universal Service Charge, St. Mary's County Energy Tax, or A Customer Charge of $8.60....They did deduct $2.50 for Load Management Credit though...Now can any one explain these charges to me? What am I going to do? I'm going to pay my $327.98 and stop bit(hin....

I agree, I've always wanted to research all the different charges, Some are rather interesting...

If you go to the link, you can mouse over the various charges to get an explaination of them...

http://www.smeco.com/account/resbill.htm​

 

[BS Gal]

I agree, I've always wanted to research all the different charges, Some are rather interesting...

If you go to the link, you can mouse over the various charges to get an explaination of them...

http://www.smeco.com/account/resbill.htm​

I've done it and met with SMECO, as I pay them about $1 million through my job per year. It's confusing as heck. I kind of understand it now. You should see some of the bills I pay at work. I only blink twice if I get one that I think should be $20,000 and is $25,000.

 

[Kerad]

Wow anyone else receive a SMECO bill that was outrageously high???

More than a 1/3rd increase!!!

Mine doubled. In the 3 years I've lived here..I guess I used twice as much electricity last month than ever before.

Odd.

 

[BS Gal]

Mine doubled. In the 3 years I've lived here..I guess I used twice as much electricity last month than ever before.

Odd.

Check the kilowatts compared to last year.

 

[Kerad]

Check the kilowatts compared to last year.

Yeah...I knew to do that. Funny thing is...they Zero'd out the historical kilo records from last year. This is the first month of that, too....

And they wonder why we "wonder"...

 

[Dupontster]

I agree, I've always wanted to research all the different charges, Some are rather interesting...

If you go to the link, you can mouse over the various charges to get an explaination of them...

http://www.smeco.com/account/resbill.htm​

Thanks, that sure answered my question....I did notice that on my bill the "Electric Usage Profile" at the bottom RH of the bill....According to that I didn't use any kWh for the months of Mar, May, June, & Sept of 06...There are zores in the box....I guess I didn't use any for those months....I wanted to compare but don't have anything to compare to....

 

[sunflower]

Got mine Stayed the same!!

 

[RadioPatrol]

What's the alternative? We don't have natural gas lines, and at this point, oil heat would be more expensive in the short term, because I'd have to pay for the furnace.

Sam - i understand, it is that people have been sold this "IDEA" that Heat Pumps are so fantastic ......... till you get cold winters, and the price of fuel that produced that electricity rises like it has - FYI the gas bill went up too - IMHO forced air hearting sux ...... sure things have improved, but nothing beats a warm cast iron radiator for heating ( I was a plumber for 7 yrs ) it all comes down to cost .... piping maintince etc ......

I worked on this custom house in S CC - Rock Point we put in hot water heat in the floor ...... the boiler was oil fired and 1st time I fired the system in Feb with temps in the 30's the 1st floor of the unfinished house the house wonderfully warmer ( like in the 50's ) in the 1st hr with 65 degrees in maybe 2 ... I had one of those kerosene turbo heaters 50k BTU in the week before heating things while I tied all the piping together


The owner did all the under floor piping (clear Flexible type of plastic) to save money and I did all the tie in and copper piping / boiler work .....

Yes it was not cheap having me there for a week of 8 hr days ...... but in the end it was much better heating system ..........


Heat Pumps cost less to install and are lower maintenance, but you pay @ the meter

 

[Wickedwrench]

Update

Mine wasn't much different than last year.:shrug: Although they did put a post it note in there saying that they were coming to claim my first born child when next month's bill comes out.

I get to keep my first born. The bill was only 6 dollars more this month. Carry on.

 

[dorothydot]

Got ours today (March 19th). It's twice what we paid last winter, but after reading what some have posted, we're about average. New heat pump threw a real monkey-wrench into the budget!

Problem: the bill's due date is March 23rd. Hey, nothing like a little notice for paying a $400 electric bill!!!!

 

[CMC122]

I get to keep my first born. The bill was only 6 dollars more this month. Carry on.

Ours was about the same too

 

[ylexot]

Mine went down ~$20 this month :shrug:

 

[awpitt]

Got ours today (March 19th). It's twice what we paid last winter, but after reading what some have posted, we're about average. New heat pump threw a real monkey-wrench into the budget!

Problem: the bill's due date is March 23rd. Hey, nothing like a little notice for paying a $400 electric bill!!!!

Well, I still haven’t got a bill (paper or online). What I’ve been doing though is sending payments in anyway. I called SMECO and got my new account number and have sent in payments in Feb and I sent one last week. I checked online and even though no new bill is there, credit for my payments is shown. At least, this way, when my bill does finally come, the shock will be lessened by the payments I’ve already made.

 

[dorothydot]

SMART!! Now I need to call SMECO and ask if they can cut a retiree slack until the first of the month. Wish I'd been that smart.

 

[Pete]

Got mine yesterday it was normal

 

[awpitt]

I can’t believe it! I finally got my bill today. Actually two bills. One for 01/22 – 02/21 which was $181. The other one is for 02/21 – 03/21 which was $162. This was less than I expected, especially after reading about all of the horrific bills folks have been getting on this thread. Since I had sent estimated payments of $208 in Feb and $250 in March, my account now shows a credit of $115 for the cycle due on 04/17. I’ll probably go ahead and pay anyway based on the current month’s charges of $162 so I can stay a month ahead. Besides summer A/C costs are just around the corner.

 

[missperky]

I got another bill today.

 

[Oz]

I can’t believe it! I finally got my bill today. Actually two bills. One for 01/22 – 02/21 which was $181. The other one is for 02/21 – 03/21 which was $162. This was less than I expected, especially after reading about all of the horrific bills folks have been getting on this thread. Since I had sent estimated payments of $208 in Feb and $250 in March, my account now shows a credit of $115 for the cycle due on 04/17. I’ll probably go ahead and pay anyway based on the current month’s charges of $162 so I can stay a month ahead. Besides summer A/C costs are just around the corner.

Mine was $400 for February and $200 for March. If you have an end-of-the-month billing date, then your February billing was delayed by a new computer system they installed. I received my February invoice on March 19th. And then I received my March invoice yesterday.

 

[CMC122]

My bill is under $200