The value of electricity and how it measures up

When it comes to elec­tric­i­ty, we rarely think twice when we flip on a light switch, brew cof­fee, charge our phones or adjust the ther­mo­stat. We sim­ply expect the pow­er to be there, and that’s now it should be.

Because you are a mem­ber of Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, reli­ably pow­er­ing your life is our mis­sion.

We know fam­i­lies across our com­mu­ni­ty are feel­ing the impact of ris­ing costs for every­day expens­es. Gro­ceries, gaso­line, hous­ing, insur­ance and oth­er neces­si­ties cost more than they did a few years ago. Because of that, many of us are more care­ful these days about where each dol­lar goes.

As we reg­u­lar­ly step back and weigh the val­ue of our pur­chas­es, elec­tric­i­ty is no dif­fer­ent.

The aver­age Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive elec­tric bill is about $223 a month—a lit­tle over $7 a day. Let’s think about what that $7 pro­vides. It’s about the cost of a spe­cial­ty cof­fee (which I don’t dis­agree is also a valu­able com­mod­i­ty).

For the same price, elec­tric­i­ty pow­ers near­ly every moment of our dai­ly lives, often with­out our giv­ing it a sec­ond thought.

In fact, many typ­i­cal pur­chas­es cost more than a day’s worth of elec­tric­i­ty. If you’ve been through a fast-food dri­ve thru late­ly, you know a com­bo meal can run you a few dol­lars more, and a sin­gle movie tick­et is more than dou­ble.

For about $7 a day on aver­age, your refrig­er­a­tor keeps food fresh around the clock. Your heat­ing and cool­ing sys­tem helps keep your fam­i­ly com­fort­able, no mat­ter the sea­son. Lights bright­en your home after sun­set. Appli­ances shave hours off the cook­ing and clean­ing chores. Devices stay charged so you can work, learn, com­mu­ni­cate and stay con­nect­ed with loved ones.

When you think about every­thing elec­tric­i­ty makes pos­si­ble, it’s one of the great­est val­ues in the aver­age house­hold bud­get.

Even with electricity’s excep­tion­al val­ue, we know every dol­lar mat­ters. If you’re look­ing for ways to low­er your ener­gy use, your friends at Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive are here to help.

Whether you need effi­cien­cy advice from our ener­gy advis­er, infor­ma­tion about solar ener­gy or answers to ques­tions about your bill, we are at your ser­vice.

Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive is proud to be more than your elec­tric provider. Because we’re a not-for-prof­it coop­er­a­tive, we’re local­ly owned by you, the mem­bers we serve. That means every deci­sion we make is guid­ed by what’s best for our com­mu­ni­ty, not by prof­its or out­side share­hold­ers.

Thank you for trust­ing us to pow­er your home and your life. We’re com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing every­day val­ue for you and your fam­i­ly with reli­able, afford­able power—so you can make the most of every ener­gy dol­lar.