Electricity Delivery Here are definitions for some of the terms you may see in your bill.

• Basic Service—A charge to cover costs for meter reading, billing, equipment and maintenance. This charge is the same regardless of how much energy is used during the billing period.
  
  
• Electricity Delivery—Our charges for transporting electricity across our distribution system to your home, whether it is purchased from us or another supplier.
  
  
• Customer Service Credit—A credit applied for customers who choose an electricity supplier other than us.
  
  
• Delivery Adjustment—An adjustment for Standard Rate Service customers which provides partial financial protection against the fluctuations between actual cost and the forecast cost of electricity supply upon which rates are established. We do not earn a profit from the electricity supply that we obtain for our customers.
  
  
• SBC/RPS (System Benefits Charge/Renewable Portfolio Surcharge)—These charges reflect costs associated with mandated public policy programs - low income assistance, energy efficiency programs, and certain research and development programs including the advancement of renewable energy resources.
  
  
• Transmission Revenue Adjustment—A rate mechanism that compares actual transmission service revenue received by us with the forecast transmission service revenue used, in part, to develop electric delivery prices. As a result of the monthly comparison, a difference determined in excess of the forecasted transmission revenue is refunded to customers, and a difference determined to be less than the transmission revenue is collected from customers.
  
  
• Tariff Surcharge—New York State and many local municipalities impose taxes on our revenue. These operating costs are recovered through a tariff surcharge applied to all rates and charges and may vary among taxing municipalities within our system area.
  
  
• Sales Tax—In some areas we are required to collect state and local sales taxes. Some school districts also impose taxes.
  
  
• Billing & Metering Services—Charges that are already included in the Delivery Service charges of your bill. Billing is a charge to cover the calculating and rendering of your bill. Metering is a charge to cover the procurement, installation, maintenance and reading of the meter.