HEA Rate Schedule (effective April 1, 2023)
HEA offers four different rates to its members, depending on the classification of the service provided. Our rates are regulated by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
Service Type | Monthly Customer Charge (A) | Energy Charge per kWh (H) | System Delivery Charge (B) | Demand Charge per kW (I) | Minimum Demand Charge (C) | Cost of Power Adjustment per kWh (D) | Regulatory Cost Charge (G) |
Residential | $20.00 | $0.16077 | $24.12 | N/A | N/A | $0.08452 | $0.000893 |
General Service (E) | $20.00 | $0.16734 | $25.10 | N/A | N/A | $0.08452 | $0.000893 |
Large General Service (F) | $50.00 | $0.10515 | $0 | $21.63 | $432.60 | $0.08452 | $0.000893 |
Industrial Service | For more | information | contact | Member | Services. | ||
Outdoor Lighting | 175 watt lamp: $29.60; 250 watt lamp: $34.95; 360 watt lamp: $42.47; 400 watt lamp: $46.96; 55 watt LED: $28.97; 93 watt LED: $32.31; 160 watt LED: $41.31 per lamp per month |
Click HERE to view a sample bill with an explanation of Billing Terms
To understand each part of the rate schedule, check the table above for the following lettings in parenthesis:
- Customer Charge: A flat monthly charge that recovers a portion of costs attributable to billing, collections, data processing and meter expenses regardless of the amount of energy used during the billing period.
- System Delivery Charge: This charge recovers expenses associated with building, operating and maintaining transmission and distribution facilities whether or not electric service is used. If energy consumption meets or exceeds 150 kWh within the billing period, no charge applies.
- Minimum Demand Charge: The cost for 20 KW of demand/month. This is the amount needed to recover the costs of standby power required to serve a commercial location whether or not electric service is used. If the minimum demand of 20kW/month is met during the billing period, no minimum demand charge applies.
- Cost of Power Adjustment (COPA): The COPA rate was established to recover the cost of fuel, purchased power and other fuel-related costs. This line reflects the most current COPA rate and is multiplied by the number of kilowatt hours (kWh) used at the location during the billing period. Rate fluctuations may occur on a quarterly basis predominately due to changing costs of fuel.
- General Service (Rate 3). Any class of service which does not qualify for Residential Schedule and where the demand does not exceed 20kW for three consecutive months.
- Large General Service (Rate 4). All general services using more than 20 kW of monthly demand during three consecutive months, but less than 1,000kW of monthly demand.
- A rate that is established by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) The money collected for this charge is passed on to the RCA to defray their operational costs.
- A charge based on the electric energy (kWh) consumed.
- A charge based on the rate at which electric energy is delivered to or by a system at a given instant, or averaged over a designed period, during the billing cycle.
We usually use the term kilowatts (one kilowatt is 1,000 watts) when speaking of power production or power needs. A power plant makes kilowatts; we sell power in units called kilowatt-hours (kWh). For example, a 100-watt light bulb left on for ten hours uses one kWh of electricity. A typical HEA residential consumer uses 550 kWh per month.
You can find additional information on HEA’s Governance page.
