Why do I still have to pay ComEds Standard Metering Charge ($2.21)?
The delivery services that ComEd provides include standard metering charges for all the different customer classes that ComEd supplies. There is a Standard Metering charge of $2.21 for all ComEd residential customers. If a meter other than the standard meter is needed by a customer (RRTP customers need a special meter to record hourly energy usage), ComEd calculates the incremental additional cost of the meter being used over the meter that would be used for the fixed-rate service. This is why RRTP customers must pay the Standard Metering Charge, and an incremental additional charge. Under ComEd’s current Meter-Related Facilities Lease fees, the meter for RRTP would normally cost an additional $5.00 per month. The RRTP program provides the meter to the first 110,000 participants in the program at the reduced fee of $2.25 per month. The balance of cost of the meter (as well as the costs of additional program services) is paid by all residential customers under a $0.14 per month charge f
