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This is an interactive invoice that provides an example of a typical residential invoice. It is designed to help you understand the charges and information included in your City of Lethbridge utility invoice. While it covers most items that you will see, please note that it may not cover all possible scenarios.

* Note page 2 contains terms and conditions and general information about your invoice so it is not shown below.

Electric rates

 

 

RRO (kWh)

RDS (kWh)

December 2023

0.19724

0.19948

November 2023

0.17817

0.17966

October 2023

0.18624

0.18861

September 2023

0.25605

0.25841

August 2023

0.31717

0.31928

July 2023

0.28807

0.28971

June 2023

0.19514

0.19772

May 2023

0.15502

0.15955

April 2023

0.15284

0.15740

March 2023

0.21897*

0.22482*

February 2023

0.31913*

0.32701*

January 2023

0.28457*

0.28979*

 

Effective January 1, 2023, the following City of Lethbridge riders are as follows:

 

Rider A:  15.50 % of DT charges

Rider B:  $0.00220/kWh

Rider C:  $0.00600/kWh

Going forward, Riders B and C will be reviewed monthly.

 

LEU will adjust Rider B to reflect the charges/credit from the Balancing Pool.

 

LEU will adjust Rider C to reflect the costs of the AESO DTS rate as billed to Lethbridge Electric Utility.​

 

*Customers who receive service under an RRO rate will not be charged more than 13.5 cents per kilowatt hour in January, February and March 2023. Any costs above the 13.5 cent price ceiling will be deferred until rates drop and will be repaid over 21 months (April 2023 to December 2024).

 

Visit the Government of Alberta’s Affordability Action Plan website for more information.

 

Additional information available at the Utilities Consumer Advocate website.

 

2022

RRO (kWh)

RDS (kWh)

December

0.22773

0.22985

November

0.18378

0.18826

October

0.19358

0.19680

September

0.15272

0.15353

August

0.16869

0.16978

July

0.15071

0.15403

June

0.11879

0.11994

May

0.09692

0.09973

April

0.10045

0.10276

March

0.10196

0.10433

February

0.13758

0.13935

January

0.12600

0.12776

2021

 

 

December

0.12586

0.12987

November

0.10475

0.10817

October

0.10451

0.10796

September

0.09883

0.09983

August

0.12510

0.12867

July

0.10723

0.10967

June

0.06843

0.06878

May

0.07273

0.07556

April

0.08954

0.09198

March

0.07360

0.07557

February

0.08601

0.08888

January

0.07584

0.07702

 

 For rates prior to January 2021 email electric admin.

Distribution Rates - effective January 1, 2023

2023 Electric Distribution Rates Descriptions

2023 Rate Table

2023 DT Bylaw 6364

Distribution Tariff Fee Schedule

DT fees and riders effective January 1, 2023

Applies to all rate classifications

Rider A: Local Access Fee ​

​(% X Total DT)

15.50%

Rider B: Balancing Pool Consumer Allocation Rider​

​($/kWh)            

​$0.00220

Rider C: AESO DTS to be reviewed and set monthly

​($/kWh)

$0.00600

$0.00000 (effective November, 1 2023)

                           

2022 DT fees and riders

Rider A: Local Access Fee ​

​(% X Total DT)

15.50%

Rider B: Balancing Pool Consumer Allocation Rider​

​($/kWh)            

​$0.00250

Rider C: AESO DTS to be reviewed and set monthly

​($/kWh)

$0.00600 effective Oct. 1

$0.00250 effective Sept. 1

$0.00150 effective July 1

$0.00300 effective Feb. 1

$-0.00500 effective Jan. 1

Water and wastewater rates

Residential water use is charged at $1.275 per cubic meter in addition to the service charge in Schedule A.

 

For complete water rates please see our Water Service Bylaw SCHEDULE A.

Residential* and Commercial use is charged at $1.004 per cubic meter in addition to the service charge in Water Service Bylaw Schedule A.

For complete sewer rates please see our Sewerage Service Bylaw SCHEDULE A.

 

Residential sewer volume*

  • Winter Months - November 15 - April 14 - Sewer consumption charge will equal water usage.
  • Summer Months - April 15 to November 14 - Sewer consumption charge will equal the lesser of:
    • The winter months' average water usage OR
    • The actual water meter read
  • To calculate the winter months' average, we'll look at the water usage figures from the five monthly utility statements with meter reading dates between November 15th and April 14th. Any monthly usage figures below 3 cubic meters will be counted as 3 cubic meters for the purposes of this calculation.

Waste and recycling rates

2023

Rate/day

Standard ​360L Garbage Cart

0.3980

​Reduced 240L Garbage Cart

0.3410

Recyclable Material Collection Charge (Single family and Multi-family with less than six units)

0.2960

Recyclable Material Collection Charge (Multi-family greater than six units)

0.2300

​Additional Cart

0.3257

​Waste Reduction Fee

0.1180

Landfill Fee

0.033

​Waste Program Fee

0.0723

Organics Collection Charge (Single family and Multi-family with less than six units)

0.1667

Organics Collection Charge (Multi-family greater than six units)

0.1334

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