KBR
April 27, 2010
Robert Beatty
Office Manager
Dear Robert:
Thank you for your response and clarification of billing. I am still concerned about the .205 on the first 300 KW’s. It seems to me now that you stated that you placed office charges in this figure. If I would take .85 from .205 is come up with .12 per KW hour and if I take this times 300 KW’s is would come to $36.00 for office administration. Currently, I am paying LES about $8.50 per month. If I took $36.00 times the number of people that you serve is would be around $15,000 to $18,000 per month for office charges. Take this amount times 12 months and that relates to around $180,000 per year. I still prefer to think that the resident base that you serve is getting “gouged” and that hiding this cost in KW’s is not a good practice for a business to allow to happen. That is my observation only and I feel that many would agree with me in your base of operation. I would hope that your board would feel the same as I do and change this policy and state the cost needed to pay for administrative overhead. Something for your business to consider in your future meetings as this would leave a better feeling in the four counties that you cover. As before, I will place this comment on my web site www.woodlakenebraskalinks.com
Claude Reyman
Box 756
Wood Lake, Nebraska
yrey@windstream.net
402-430-6376
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Mr. Reyman:
I forwarded this information request to my manager who is currently on medical leave and this his response to me. I hope this answers some questions for you.
Robert Beatty
Office Manager
KBR Rural Public Power District
bobkbr@threeriver.net
(402) 387-1120
From:
Rich Walters [mailto:richkbr@threeriver.net]
Sent: 2010-04-22 09:47
To: Bob Beatty
Subject: Re: KBR Board of
Directors
Bob, Here are a few reasons. Most all other systems in Nebraska, and in fact the region, charge all customers a "customer charge" to cover their fixed costs such as their front office costs, billing costs, debt service, insurance, etc. which are costs that are there whether a kilowatt is used or not. These costs are applied to all customers. So if you were a customer of one of these other systems, you would be charged $15 to $25+ monthly for their "customer charge" whether any energy was used or not. KBR has those costs inbedded into the first 300 kWh which allows the customer energy usage and KBR still recoups its fixed costs. We could definitely adapt a "customer charge" to cover our costs but it has always been KBR's philosophy, and the customer's preference, to try to provide a service to the customer in exchange for their charge. Hope this helps. Rich
From:
Bob Beatty
Sent:
Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:47 AM
To:
terrykbr@threeriver.net ;
'Rich Walters'
Subject:
FW: KBR Board of Directors
I thought I would let you look at this.
Robert Beatty
Office Manager
KBR Rural Public Power District
bobkbr@threeriver.net
(402) 387-1120
From:
Claude Reyman [mailto:
Sent: 2010-04-21 20:53
To: Bob Beatty
Subject: Re: KBR Board of
Directors
Robert:
Thank you for this requested information. Why does it cost .205 per KW on the
first 300 in our area? The
Claude Reyman
On 4/21/2010 10:14 AM, Bob Beatty wrote:
Enclosed are a list of the
Board of Directors for KBR Rural Public Power per your request. They can also be
accessed at our web site kbrpower.com.
Robert Beatty
Office Manager
KBR Rural Public Power District
bobkbr@threeriver.net
(402) 387-1120
RESPONSE TO MY SECOND LETTER REQUEST!
Enclosed are a list of the Board of Directors for KBR Rural Public Power per your request. They can also be accessed at our web site kbrpower.com.
Robert Beatty
Office Manager
KBR Rural Public Power
District
bobkbr@threeriver.net
(402) 387-1120
OBSERVATION - If I use 600 KWH, taking
.205 plus .0875 and adding them together then dividing by 2 I would be paying
14.62 per KWH as an average in Wood Lake. Nebraska average now is a little
over .9 now. Hawaii is the highest in the nation with
.29 per KWH and New York is over .21 per KWH. Florida starts around 2.5
per KWH. I still maintain that this is "gouging" the customer base!
RESPONSE FROM KBR
You might want to check your rate schedule as the price you are using is for only the first block of 300 kwh, the rest are @ $.0875 per kwh.
I would be interested to know what the charge is in Florida.
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March 8, 2010
KBR Rural Public Power Dist
ATTN: Manager
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I just took an
article from the internet about Electricity still relatively cheap in the Plains
of United States. Obviously, someone has some figures mixed
up from the attached letter that was posted on the internet.
This past week I received my monthly statement from your office and noted that
each KWH is charged at .205000 cents per unit. I then looked
at my bill in
I have attached my
I make the following observations from the information that I have on hand.
I live in
Just for record, I will post my bills and the internet letter on my Web Site – www.woodlakenebraskalinks.com so that all can read my comments. I do have one question for you and would ask for an answer. Please send me the names of the board of directors so that I can address my concern directly to them.
Thank you for reading my complaint letter.
Sincerely,
Claude Reyman
705 South 30
402-476-6102
402-430-6376 cell phone
cc board of directors
KBR BILL
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