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BTU officials tell Bowie council rising transmission costs now make up a growing share of local bills
Summary
BTU representatives told the council that transmission costs (T-cost) are a growing portion of Bowie's electric bill (over 27% in April) driven by statewide transmission investment and increased wind/solar generation; BTU said it has added a regulatory line item to recover pass-through T-costs and may adjust it as needed.
Ken Lindbergh and Wes Williams of BTU presented an overview of the components of Bowie's electric bill and explained how transmission-cost (T-cost) pass-throughs from ERCOT and PUCT affect local customers.
Lindbergh described the BTU-side charges Bowie pays directly: a demand charge (based on a customer's peak usage), an energy charge (per kilowatt-hour usage), and a fuel charge (to recover the cost of fuel and third-party purchases to serve load). He then distinguished those from pass-through charges BTU…
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