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[–] 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Looks like the EIA is figuring the total bill for some 'typical' customer, so you get the actual per-kWh cost plus the fixed service cost divided by whatever they think 'typical' use is.

This is the actual residential tariff sheet: https://www.georgiapower.com/content/dam/georgia-power/pdfs/tariffs/r.pdf

$0.082/kWh most of the year, $0.087 summer, rising to ~$0.15 if you use over 650 kWh/month (which is a lot: my 3 br house tops out under 600 in Aug). Taxes & fees around 20%, so effectively $0.098 & 0.104. The kicker is the fixed service charge of $0.46/day = $16/month after taxes, effectively a 5.6 kWh/day minimum. That's the part they've been raising. Commercial & industrial users pay proportionally less fixed fees, so their 'typical' kWh cost is lower.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    Fixed charges may sometimes cover stuff like cleanup , decommissioning and waste management for nukes - if anyone actually cares about such things. Dunno if that's the case in Georgia though. Nukes are complex long term things and they and their legacy often outlast the builder and operator companies - so they often will be , de-facto, "socialised" , one way or another.

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