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ELECTRIC RATES

Marias River Electric Cooperative, Inc. has several classes of electric service depending on the amount and type of service required by its consumers.  Below are the current rate schedules.

  Residential

  General Service

  Non-Domestic (Seasonal)

  Irrigation

  Large Power

  Street and Security Lights

Prices Effect January 1, 2010

RESIDENTIAL - FARM  (single phase)
        (Schedule1-09) 

Monthly Service Charge.........................$12.00 per/Month 

All KWHrs...............................................$0.06145 per/KWH

 Minimum Charge:
The minimum monthly charge shall be the monthly service charge for all consumers receiving service from a common transformer.  For customers requiring individual transformers, the minimum monthly charge shall be $15.00 or $1.00 per KVA for transformers over 15 KVA.  Payment of the minimum charge shall entitle the consumer the use of the number of KWHrs in accordance with the foregoing rate. 


GENERAL SERVICE (single and 3 phase below 350kw)
       
(Schedule 1-09)

Demand Charge:

1st 10 KW..........................................................No Charge

Over 10 KW......................................................$5.25 per KW

                        PLUS ENERGY CHARGE OF

Monthly Service Charge...................................$14.50

1st 500 KWHrs................................................$0.0675per/KWH

over 3500 KWHrs.............................................$0.0549 per KWH

Minimum Charge:

The minimum monthly charge shall be the highest of the following:

1.  The minimum monthly charge specified in the contract for service.
2.  The monthly service charge in the above rate.
3.  $1.00 per KVA of installed transformer capacity.


NON-DOMESTIC (SEASONAL)
         (Schedule 1-09)

MONTHLY RATE:

Monthly Service Charge........................................$12.00 per/month

All KWHrs..............................................................$0.06145 per/KWH

YEARLY RATE:  (billed annually)

Annual Service Charge..........................................$144.00 per/year

All KWHrs..............................................................$0.06145 per/KWH

Minimum Charge:

The minimum  charge shall be $10.00 monthly or $120.00 annually where not more than 5 kva of transformer capacity is required.  For consumers requiring more than 5 kva of transformer capacity, the monthly charge shall be $1.00 per kva or the annual charge shall be $12.00 per kva.


IRRIGATION 
 
(Schedule 1-09)

Rate per season:

1st 700 kwh per horsepower per season...........$0.06575 per/KWH

all additional kwh.............................................$0.05705 per/KWH

Minimum Annual Charge:

The total annual charges for the irrigation season shall be not less than,

1.  The contract amount during the contract life. 
2.  $13.00 per/horsepower if service is turned on during the season.
3.  $6.00 per/KVA of transformer capacity if service is idle.

Provided however, the annual minimum charge shall not be less than $90.00 for single phase irrigation service and not less than $150.00 for three phase irrigation service.


LARGE POWER (350 KW and Above)
        (Schedule 1-09)

Demand Charge:

All KW...................................................$6.25 per/KW

                  PLUS ENERGY CHARGE OF

All KWHrs.............................................$0.04725 per/KWH

Minimum Charge:

The minimum monthly charge shall be the minimum monthly charge as specified in the contract for service, or $1.00 per/kva of installed transformer capacity which ever is larger.   A 1.5% monthly service charge will be applied on balances that are over 30 days past due.


STREET AND SECURITY LIGHT
       
(Schedule 1-09)

BASE RATE PER LIGHT PER YEAR

For dusk to dawn lighting mounted on existing poles.

Lamp size                   Annual Cost  
100 watt HPS                       $66.00
150 watt HPS                       $75.00
250 watt HSP                       $126.00

ADDITIONAL CHARGES:

  1. For wood poles required for street lighting in addition to existing distribution poles a charge $7.00 per pole per year shall apply.

  2. For wood poles required for other than town and village street lighting the actual cost of pole and installation will be charged.


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Marias River Electric Cooperative, Inc.  --  Shelby Gas Association
P.O. Box 729
910 Roosevelt Hwy.
Shelby, Montana  59474
Phone (406) 434-5575
Fax (406) 434-2531
E-mail
mrec@mariasriverec.com

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