HawthorneVillager.com

Of course they are all legit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why would you think otherwise?????????????????

Why would you think they were ripping you off? These charges are nothing new

Hi Maniza and Amir,

we were confused by all of the different items as well. Some of them are explained on the back of the bill under glossary of terms. Hope that helps....

michelle

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Springridge

I thought that this forum was for asking questions?........not making people feel dumb for not knowing answers to things..........if you know the answer please post it (like some have already done...thank you for taking the time to help out) If you could not be bothered helping out then dont post anything at all.........

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Adrienne & Ryan

yikes ---relax

Yes all new houses built have a smart meter, they are not all turned on. They only install so many at a time.

Check out my post on the same subject...

http://www.hawthornevillager.com/phpbb/ ... highlight=

Tim

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http://spaces.msn.com/greensburg101/ website update...Feb 13, 2009

Anyone have a picture of a smart meter?

How can we differentiate between a Smart meter and a regular old meter.

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J

LOL. It looks the same, it just has digital readouts, but somewhere it has to have a phone outlet.

Tim

I'll try to find a pic of it. If needs be I'll take another one

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http://spaces.msn.com/greensburg101/ website update...Feb 13, 2009

Here we go...a pic I took 3 days before closing...looks like Mattamy only used 52KW.

Tim

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http://spaces.msn.com/greensburg101/ website update...Feb 13, 2009

Thanks, ours still has the old dial meters in them, so that confirms that we don't have a Smart meter installed.

I guess being in Phase2, I shouldn't have expected it anyways.

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J

This is the new meter that was just installed a little while ago.





Tim

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http://spaces.msn.com/greensburg101/ website update...Feb 13, 2009

Looks just like a new car with the water beading off it....

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J

I think if you flip your bill over it explains all the charges or most of them.

Distribution Charge - Charge to recover the cost of delivery ie building the lines and putting up poles.

SSS Administrative Charge - (Standard Service Supply) regulatory charge

Customer Charge - fixed monthly cost to recover the cost of billing and metering

Debt Retirement Charge - thank old Ontario Hydro for this one

Transmission Charge - charge to recover losses to transportation on electricity

Wholesale Market Services - charge based on usage to recover costs charged by the IESO to operate the provincial system.

Commencing April 1-Block 1 - usage charge for block one. The cost of electricty.

Account Set-up Charge - self explanitory

Milton hydro also bills for the region for your water usage.

The new rate card can be found here

Milton Hydro does not sell electricity, they are a distributor. Think of them as truck drivers. They make there money by charging the customer to use the system. All the costs and charges associated to the electricty are just passed through Milton Hydro to the IESO and generators. Also all rates are regulated and set by the OEB (Ontario Energy Board).