Proposed electricity rate increase denied - Panhandle

“Broken down, we kind of define our fixed costs as those that don’t fluctuate due to the amount of energy that’s being generated and sold. So I took that to be combined salaries and benefits, supplies such as gas, oil, safety equipment, tools; maintenance, meters, major equipment, transformers, IT and meter support systems and then our general bills. So, utilities, admin fees, general insurance on there as well. When we look at the overall fixed costs on our side of things if power went out and we’re having to maintain, go out there and work on some things, we’re looking at about 15 percent of our total expenditure, and this is for the month of July,” Hanson said.