Rates

Residential Rates

Effective with bills rendered on or after February 1, 2012

Basic Charges
Charge Rate
Basic Monthly Charge $21
Generation (price to compare) $.0680 per kWh
Distribution $.0275 per kWh
Total price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) $.0955 per kWh

Excluding any purchased power adjustment, sales tax, or other fees or charges, a residential member who uses 750 kWh per month will receive a bill of $92.63 per month, while one who uses 1,000 kWh per month will receive a bill of $116.50 per month.

Non-Basic Charges
Area Lights (Yard Lights) – High Pressure Sodium
Size of Light Monthly Annually
100 Watt $8.10 $97.20
150 Watt $10.20 $122.40
250 Watt $11.20 $134.40
400 Watt $12.10 $145.20
Area Lights (Yard Lights) – Mercury Vapor
The following equipment is no longer available but will be maintained until fixtures must be replaced.
Size of Light Monthly Annually
100 Watt $6.75 $81.00
175 Watt $8.15 $97.80
250 Watt $12.20 $146.40
400 Watt $15.65 $187.80
Additional Area Lighting Fees
  1. If an area light requires a separate pole or post, the consumer will be charged an additional fee of $2 per month ($24 per year) for each pole or post.
  2. If an area light requires a separate transformer, the consumer will be charged an additional fee of $4.50 per month ($54 per year).
  3. If a member requests that an area light be moved, he or she will be responsible for the costs of the relocation.

Effective with bills rendered on or after February 1, 2012, the residential general service rate will increase from $0.0890 to $0.0955 per kilowatt-hour.

Higher priced materials, such as vehicles, transformers, utility poles, and copper and aluminum wire, have greatly impacted our bottom line. In addition, our energy sales growth has been fairly stagnant since 2005, while our costs to operate, maintain, and upgrade our electric distribution system have increased significantly in the past few years – up nearly 19 percent since 2005. Combined with rising wholesale power costs, these factors have led the board of directors at Valley Rural Electric Cooperative to implement this small rate increase.

For answers to some frequently asked questions about the increase, view the FAQs About Rates page.

Official notification about the increase was mailed to Valley REC’s consumers during December 2012. To view that detailed information, click on the Official Notice link. You will need a PDF viewer to display the file. If you do not have one, visit Adobe Reader Download to get a free version of Adobe Reader. Also, depending upon the download speed of your Internet connection, it may take a minute or so for the brochure’s image to appear.

Official Notice (PDF, 282 KB)