SWEC Demo Bill Southwest Electric Cooperative is one of forty Electric cooperatives that serve nearly 900,000 member-owners in Missouri. The message box gives current news and information regarding your cooperative. It also indicates what month the bill is for. This shows what name the account was originally set up in when the application was signed. Indicates the primary telephone number that is currently on your account. It is very important we have a correct number in case of an emergency situation. For faster service, please have your account number handy when calling Southwest Electric. This is the first and last day the meter was read for the current billing cycle. This field shows you how many days of electric usage you have been billed for the current billing cycle. This is the beginning and ending reading for the current billing cycle. The demand charge is only applicable for 3 phase accounts. For most members, this number will be a 1.00. This means your meter reading is multiplied by one. For larger users such as businesses, farms or bigger homes the multiplier may be a number such as 40. In this case the meter only read 1/40th of the usage therefore it must be multiplied by 40 to determine the correct usage. This number tells the amount of kilowatt hours the member used in the number of days on the bill. A kilowatt is the basic measure of electric energy usage. 1000 watts = 1 kilowatt. A 100 watt light bulb that burns for 10 hours uses one kilowatt of power. The meter is identified by a meter number which is located on the meter. The location number helps us find your account on our mapping system. The Availability Charge is a fixed fee that recovers a portion of the cost required to deliver power to your home or business, whether any power is used or not. It includes the first 0-30 kWhs of electricity used each month. The energy charge is the cost of the electricity you consume. Southwest is glad to offer the convenience and safety of our dusk to dawn light for just $7.00 per month or $10.00 for a high minimum. This includes any maintenance and all usage the light requires. County taxes that all or part of the eleven counties in Southwest Electrics service territory charge members of Southwest Electric. The franchise tax is the fee charged by local governments to use public right of ways for the poles and wires that bring power to your homes and businesses. City taxes are applicable to any Southwest Electric members that are located in the city limits of that city. State tax is charged to all commercial accounts. Shows any previous unpaid balance or credit that was on the account at the time it was billed. Indicates when each month’s bill becomes due and when the last day a member can pay their bill before being late. All payments must be received by the 10th of the following month in order to avoid an additional late fee of 10%. For further payment options we encourage members to go to our web site at www.swec.coop for more information. Total amount due if paying by the 10th. Does not include any additional fees that may have been charged to your account. It is very important that Southwest Electric has accurate contact information for each member. On the reverse side of the remittance we have provided space for you to enter any updates or changes that we need to be notified of. This area is for the members name and mailing address. If this address is incorrect please enter the correct address on the reverse side of your remittance or call any of our offices and we will be glad to update your information. This shows the member what month is being billed. The amount due if paying on time is shown in the bold outlined box. The amount due if paying after the 10th is shown in the next box. Write in the amount you are paying in the blank box that is provided. This is Southwest Electric’s mailing address and the bar code allows the USPS to automatically sort the mail which reduces the amount of postage they charge Southwest Electric members. This bar code is used by our payment processing system to automatically post your payment to your account. As your cooperative grows this method of posting your payment has allowed us to maintain a high level of efficiency and helps keep costs down.