Understanding your energy costs
How we calculate your monthly charges
Our electric rate consists of two charges on your monthly bill: Wholesale Power Cost and Bluebonnet residential service, which includes a service availability fee. In addition, members who live in cities that use electricity provided by Bluebonnet may be charged a franchise fee by the city.
Wholesale Power Cost
The cost Bluebonnet has to pay its power providers for generating and delivering electricity to its electric substations (Wholesale Power Cost) plus a possible adjustment based on fluctuations in generating costs (Power Cost Recovery Factor).
Wholesale Power Charge rate = $0.058936 per kWh
Power Cost Recovery Factor (PCRF) rate = $0.004000(Variable)
$62.94
($0.062936 x 1,000 kWh)
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Bluebonnet Residential Service
The cost of delivering electricity to each member.
Bluebonnet Residential Service = $0.033047 per kWh
$33.05
($0.033047 x 1,000 kWh)
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Service Availability
The monthly expense for each meter, including billing and payment processing.
Service Availability charge = $22.50 per month
$22.50
Flat fee
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Total Charge
Total of wholesale power, residential service and service availability costs for billing period.
$118.49
Updated: June 2023
Wholesale Power Cost
The cost Bluebonnet has to pay its power providers for generating and delivering electricity to its electric substations (Wholesale Power Cost) plus a possible adjustment based on fluctuations in generating costs (Power Cost Recovery Factor).
Wholesale Power Charge rate = $0.058936 per kWh
Power Cost Recovery Factor (PCRF) rate = $0.004000(Variable)
$62.94
($0.062936 x 1,000 kWh)
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Bluebonnet Commercial Service
The cost of delivering electricity to each member's business. The service is provided as either Single- or Three-Phase. Most commercial buildings are wired with Three-Phase, which provides more power.
Single-Phase Rate = $0.037214 per kWh
Three-Phase Rate = $0.039114 per kWh
$37.21
($0.037214 x 1,000 kWh)
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Service Availability
The monthly expense for each meter, including meter reading, billing and payment processing. The service is provided as either Single- or Three-Phase.
Single-Phase Rate = $30.00 per month
Three-Phase Rate = $50.00 per month
$30.00
Single-Phase Flat Fee
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Total Charge
Total of wholesale power, commercial service and service availability costs for billing period.
$130.15
Updated: June 2023
Wholesale Power Cost
The cost Bluebonnet has to pay its power providers for generating and delivering electricity to its electric substations (Wholesale Power Cost) plus a possible adjustment based on fluctuations in generating costs (Power Cost Recovery Factor).
Wholesale Power Charge rate = $0.058936 per kWh
Power Cost Recovery Factor (PCRF) rate = $0.004000 (Variable)
$62.94
($0.062936 x 1,000 kWh)
+
Bluebonnet Commercial Service
The cost of delivering electricity to each member's business.
Large Power Service Rate = $0.015091 per kWh
$15.09
($0.015091 x 1,000 kWh)
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Service Availability
The monthly expense for each meter, including meter reading, billing and payment processing.
Service Availability charge = $75.00 per month
$75.00
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Demand Charge
The cost to meet the member's power needs when the member's demand is at its highest.
Demand Charge = $5.00 per peak kW
$250.00
($5.00 X 50 kW)
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Total Charge
Total of wholesale power, commercial service, service availability and demand charges for billing period.
$403.03
Updated: June 2023
Wholesale Power Cost
The cost Bluebonnet has to pay its power providers for generating and delivering electricity to its electric substations (Wholesale Power Cost) plus a possible adjustment based on fluctuations in generating costs (Power Cost Recovery Factor).
Wholesale Power Charge rate = $0.058936 per kWh
Power Cost Recovery Factor (PCRF) rate = $0.004000 (Variable)
$62.94
($0.062936 x 1,000 kWh)
+
Bluebonnet Commercial Service
The cost of delivering electricity to each member's business.
Large Power Service Rate = $0.009578 per kWh
$9.58
($0.009578 x 1,000 kWh)
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Service Availability
The monthly expense for each meter, including meter reading, billing and payment processing.
Service Availability charge = $150.00 per month
$150.00
+
Demand Charge
The cost to meet the member's power needs when the member's demand is at its highest.
Demand Charge = $6.00 per peak kW
$1,500
($6.00 X 250 kW)
=
Total Charge
Total of wholesale power, commercial service, service availability and demand charges for billing period.
$1,722.52
Updated: June 2023
Green Energy Rates
When members sign up for the Green Energy Rate, Bluebonnet will purchase the amount of energy they consume each month from a renewable source such as wind power. Here’s more information on our Green Energy Rate:
- Costs a half-cent ($0.005) more per kilowatt-hour (kWh) than regular rate.
- Applied to entire monthly metered kWh use.
- No minimum participation period. Members can discontinue anytime.
Learn more about renewable energy
About your meter
Ensuring our members are accurately billed for the energy they use is as important as providing safe, reliable electric service. Accurate bills start with the electric meter.
Meters measure how many kilowatt-hours, the unit of measurement for electricity use, members use. Bluebonnet’s meters are able to record energy use in hourly increments.
The daily meter reads are sent through the actual power lines to collection points, usually at the co-op’s substations, where they are transmitted through microwave communications, fiber optic cables, or both into Bluebonnet’s meter data management system.
That system processes them, then sends the data to our website, where members can access their account information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The data also goes to our billing system, which generates each member's bill on a monthly basis.