Austin Electric/Water - Community Benefit Charges?

ned911

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8:28a, 5/15/24

WTF are these community benefit charges on my bill?

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1:27p, 5/15/24

AG

You are in Austin and Travis County - what do you expect?

Have to pay for socialism somehow.

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12:27p, 5/17/24

AG

Quote:
(5) COMMUNITY BENEFIT CHARGE
The Community Benefit Charge recovers certain costs incurred by the
utility as a benefit to Austin Energy's service area customers and the
greater community. This charge includes three specific programs and
services: Service Area Lighting, Energy Efficiency Services and the
Customer Assistance Program.

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2:32p, 5/17/24

AG

The fees are basically the city's way of getting more money since there's no income tax. They've gotten outrageous over the last 5 years. I think we pay something like $40 a month in fees alone. I know one of them is to subsidize the discounts they give to seniors.