Statistics
Did You Know ?
RESIDENTIAL RATE COMPARISON @ 1,000 kWh
% Difference %Difference
De-Co-Op
$131.54
0%
- 11%
Newark $137.53
5%
- 7%
New Castle
$139.98
6%
- 5%
Middletown $145.07
10%
- 1%
Delmarva Power $147.17
12% -
0%
Dover $150.18
14%
- 2%
Milford $150.57
14% -
2%
Clayton
$152.70 16%
- 4%
Seaford
$154.99
18%
- 5%
Smyrna
$155.38
18%
- 6%
Lewes
$168.56
28%
- 15%
Comparison of water charges based on a customer using 20,000 gallons of water in a quarter
| Artesian Water Company | ||||||
| Meter Size | Cust Charge | Water | Public Fire Hydrant | Totals | ||
| 5/8' | $ 29.34 | $ 105.91 | $ 8.98 | $ 144.23 | ||
| 3/4' | $ 35.21 | $ 105.91 | $ 13.40 | $ 154.52 | ||
| 1' | $ 46.95 | $ 105.91 | $ 22.38 | $ 175.24 | ||
| MSC | ||||||
| Meter Size | Cust Charge | Water | Public Fire Hydrant | Totals | ||
| 5/8' | $ 22.50 | $ 84.00 | $ - | $ 106.50 | ||
| 3/4' | $ 22.50 | $ 84.00 | $ - | $ 106.50 | ||
| 1' | $ 22.50 | $ 84.00 | $ - | $ 106.50 | ||
| Difference | ||||||
| Meter Size | % dif | |||||
| 5/8' | 26% | |||||
| 3/4' | 31% | |||||
| 1' | 39% | |||||
Who Benefits From The Commission?
The Municipal Services Commission is a Public Power System and as such the profits of the Commission are reinvested in New Castle in lower rates, financial support for local government, public safety in street lights and fire protection, free service to public buildings and events and finally in the form of materials, labor and equipment for city projects.
| Year | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|
| Free Service | $72,622 | $79,569 |
| Contributions to City | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| Special Appropriations | $105,000 | |
| Materials, Labor, Equipment | $87,456 | $76,240 |
What Are the Facts?
New Castle has moved to monthly billing of water and electric. Customers no longer have separate water and a electric accounts. All payments are applied to electric balances first and water balances second.
New Castle has approximately 2,236 residential electric customers and 306 commercial customers.
The Commission sold 72,647,918 kWh’s of electricity in the last 12 months and gave away 1,120,877 kWh’s in free service.
Last year the Commission reached a peak demand of 18,318 KW. As additional load is added from the industrial parks and residential development this demand will grow.
What is Deregulation and How Does it Impact Me?
Your electric bill is made up of four components i.e. generation or the production of electricity, transmission the movement of electricity over high voltage lines, distribution delivery of electricity at a lower voltage to your home and finally billing and collection. Recently the State Legislature passed and the Governor signed HR 10 - The Electric Restructuring Bill. This bill will allow customers of Conectiv and the Delaware Co-Operatives to shop for the energy component of their electric bill from anyone who sells generation. The bill does not require municipal system like New Castle to offer this option unless it decides to compete for electric customers outside of its service territory.
The Municipal Services Commission helped to form the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation (DEMEC). DEMEC is a joint action agency and has successfully helped the nine municipals in Delaware who sell electricity to control their costs. DEMEC has helped Seaford, Milford, Smyrna, Clayton, Middletown, Newark and New Castle by using it’s combined buying power to get favorable rates in the market place. In today’s world we would call DEMEC an "aggregator" or an organization that combines units or parts into a whole for the purpose of using it’s collective buying power to get favorable rates. DEMEC has helped the people of New Castle enjoy low electric rates by shopping for the best energy price for you.
In addition when the people of New Castle purchase electric and water through the Commission they are reinvesting in their own quality of life and their community. The return on the investment by the people of New Castle in their own utility has built a multi million dollar asset while at the same time investing the profits back into the city. The Commission is responsive to the needs of the city because it is owned and controlled by the people of New Castle.
What's in the Future?
The Commission hopes to look for other opportunities to offer additional services to the people of New Castle. In the future if the Commission is able to offer other services such as telecommunications, gas, cable, high speed internet service at competitive rates with quality service it will endeavor to do so. With passage of legislation from Dover in 1999 the Board of Water and Light Commissioners became the Municipal Services Commission.
 |
 |
 |
Site Design &
Maintenance by Access WebWorks
Copyright 1999, Board of Water and Light Commissioners, City of New Castle