Understanding your bill | Wyoming electric
Your monthly bill makes it easy for you to identify key information, understand your energy costs and monitor your usage. The front of the statement provides a summary of your usage and charges in an easy-to-understand format. On the back page, you’ll find specific details about your bill.
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Your bill breakdown
Use the dropdown to see additional information about specific charges. Depending on the type of service you receive, your monthly bill details may look different than the example shown below.
Bill overview
Key information
Your due date and the amount due are located at the top of the front page, along with your account number and service address.
Energy usage
Easily compare this month’s usage to the same time last year and view reasons why your bill may have changed since last month.
Billing summary
The billing summary breaks down your charges into four categories that are displayed in a simple, easy-to-read chart.
- Delivery: Costs to bring energy to your address. This helps to cover the costs of powerlines, technology and equipment required to deliver that service.
- Energy supply: Pass-through market cost of electricity.
- Taxes: Local and state taxes and fees.
- Other: Credits, adjustments and other charges included in your bill.
Did you know
In this section you’ll find useful safety information and specific tips to help you save energy and money.
Payment remittance
If paying your bill by mail, detach the bottom of the front page and include this with your check in an envelope.
Usage history
The last 12 months of usage history is available to help you see how this varies throughout the year.
Bill details
Specifics about your monthly charges are shown by category and color-coded to match the monthly bill summary chart on the front page.
Messages
Important information about your account is included in the messages section.
Your account
Managing your account online provides easy access to resources and tools, including:
- Viewing your usage and bill history.
- Starting, stopping or transferring service.
- Paying your bill or changing your payment method.
- Managing email and text alerts.
- Enrolling in programs such as Auto Pay and paperless billing.
Ways to pay
We offer several ways to pay your bill so that you can pick the one that’s right for you.
Explanation of Wyoming Electric charges
Service and facility charge: A fixed monthly charge, separate from energy usage, that recovers a portion of fixed operating costs, such as customer accounting and services, as well as costs associated with our investments in customer-related facilities such as meters and service lines.
Energy charge: Energy charges are the cost per kWh for electricity used at your premise during the billing cycle.
Power cost adjustment (PCA): This charge reconciles the difference between the power costs actually incurred and those that are included in customer’s energy charge.
*Demand side management (DSM): This charge recovers the costs associated with providing energy efficiency programs authorized by the Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC).
*Note, Cheyenne only
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) credit: This is a credit to customers to refund deferred income tax items owed to customers resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This credit is based all usage on a customers’ monthly bill.
Franchise fee, county and state sales tax: These fees and taxes are determined by the town/city, county or state, and applied to customers located within the town/city limits, county or state.
Transmission Cost Adjustment Mechanism (TCAM): TCAM charges are the cost per kWh for transmission service to deliver electricity to your premise during the billing cycle.
