LIGHT READING INLAND POWER AND LIGHT inlandpower.com
SEPTEMBER 2017
What Goes into an Inland Power Bill? On average, an Inland Power member spends $85.15 on their monthly power bill. Where does your money go? Inland Power costs can be categorized into two primary categories; Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) costs and Inland Power costs. Here is a brief breakdown of what that looks like for an average Inland Power bill of $85.15.
Bonneville Power Administration Portion TOTAL = 49.9% POWER GENERATION
$16.69
POWER TRANSMISSION
$11.36
FISH & WILDLIFE
$6.67
OPERATIONS
$4.94
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
$1.00
RENEWABLES
$1.00
DEBT SERVICE
$0.80
POWER GENERATION
The BPA power generation portion of your power bill goes toward maintaining the Federal Columbia River Power System dams and the actual cost of generating the power for your home. The benefits of the hydropower system keep your rates some of the lowest in the country and the energy Inland Power provides is 87% hydropower and 97% carbon free due to this incredible river system.
FISH & WILDLIFE
BPA’s Fish and wildlife department partners with states, tribal, federal and local governments, non-profit entities and others to implement hundreds of actions to restore habitat, protect land and water, improve fish passage at the dams and operate state-of-theart salmon and steelhead hatcheries. These costs have impacted BPA power rates by up to 30%. For the foreseeable future, fish mitigation in the Northwest will continue to be one of the largest recovery efforts in history.
Inland Power Portion TOTAL = 50.1% OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
$9.67
DEPRECIATIONS & AMORTIZATION
$8.46
INTEREST & RESERVES
$8.87
ADMINISTRATION
$7.75
MEMBER & ENERGY SERVICES
$2.91 TAXES
$5.18 OTHER SERVICES/ REVENUE
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
A large portion of your power bill goes to operations and maintenance. These dollars are used to maintain and strengthen Inland’s system by replacing bells and cutouts, clearing right-of-way and maintaining substations and lines to ensure reliability of your power now and into the future.
INTEREST
Principle #3 of the 7 Cooperative Principle’s is “Member’s Economic Participation.” Financing the construction of our system spreads these costs out for many years so past, present and future members all share in the costs…and the benefits… on an equal basis. Still, Inland maintains one of the highest equity levels in the country with a 57% equity ratio.
-$0.14
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