• ryedaft@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What, you don’t have that? My electric bill has a rate, a rate for the network, a subscription fee, electricity green taxes, and sales tax. I’m European.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      1 year ago

      The entire breakdown of my electricity bill in the UK is a rate for energy use, a standing charge that is independent of usage, and VAT. Strictly speaking I’ve got two different usage rates because my heating is on a separate meter, but that’s an unusual situation

    • Calavera@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Nothing beats Portugal:

      • Kwh rate
      • Social electricity finance tax
      • General economic costs fee
      • Infrastructure utilization fee
      • Energy and geology exploration tax
      • Electricity consumption Special tax
      • Audiovisual contribution
      • Sales tax
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          1 year ago

          It’s to finance the Portuguese version of BBC. Called RTP. The funny part is that it’s also used for the sales tax calculation, so there is a tax fee

    • albert180@piefed.social
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      1 year ago

      Usually taxes and transmission fees are rolled into the kWh Price you are shown when enrolling into the contract