Understand Your Bill

Learn about your

Blue Mountain Power Bill

Have you ever wondered about the different charges and line items on your Blue Mountain power bill? We encourage you to review your power bill regularly. To do this, it certainly helps to understand what you're reading!

Click on the line items below, shown in blue, to learn about all the charges on your power bill.

Blue Mountain Power Co-op Logo Power Bill Chart
Charge Explanation
Energy Charge
Distribution Charge
Transmission Charge
Administration Charge
Site ID:
AA 1-11-1-A1
Power Bill Table
Electricity charges - Jun 1 to Jun 28, 2021
RoLR/Fixed Energy/Wholesale Energy and UFE and line loss charge @ 0.0XX
$XX.XX
Distribution charge
$XX.XX
Transmission charge
$XX.XX
Administration charge
$XX.XX
Total energy and distribution charges for the current billing period (before GST)
$XXX.XX
Bill Details
Charges & Line Items

What's On Your Bill

Knowledge is power! Check out this helpful overview of the common items you'll see on your Blue Mountain Power Bill.

Still not sure about something on your power bill? Give us a call at 310-POWR(7697).

The cost of billing and maintaining the necessary administrative functions.

These charges recover the cost of Blue Mountain Power Co-op operating and maintaining its electric distribution system. Blue Mountain Power Co-op's rates are among the lowest in Alberta.

This charge includes energy you have used, UFE (unaccounted for energy) and line loss at 4% of the energy used

GST is the Goods and Services Tax that is added to the bill's total.

RoLR is the Rate of Last Resort which is the default energy rate option that replaced the Regulated Rate Option (RRO). It is a 2 Year fixed energy rate that can be adjusted up or down by a maximum of 10% following each 2-year period.

This means the Member has entered into a Fixed Rate Energy Contract with Blue Mountain Power Co-op

This means the Member has entered into a Wholesale Variable Energy Contract with Blue Mountain Power Co-op which will fluctuate from month to month

During the transmission of electricity, some energy is 'lost' from the transmission system. The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) recovers the cost of transmission losses from generating facilities and power distributors like Blue Mountain Power Co-op through a percentage loss factor.

The Site ID is a unique number used to identify your site.

Associated with the cost of operating and maintaining the provincial transmission system, the Transmission Charge is a flow-through charge that we collect on behalf of other parties. Transmission rates are set by the Alberta Utilities Commission and administered by the Alberta Electric System Operator. The rate is subject to change.

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Members are free to purchase electricity services from a retailer of their choice.
For a list of retailers, visit ucahelps.alberta.ca or call 310-4822 (toll free in Alberta).