Your balance including current charges and any unpaid previous balance.

If you have a past due balance, an important message shows the date that the balance must be paid by to avoid an interruption in service.

Your account information including member name, service address, member number, and account number.

Compare your electric usage side by side with last month and the same month last year.

If you mail your payment, please include this detachable stub to ensure accurate posting. 

a. Meter Number: Each electric meter has a unique number which enables Salem Electric to bill appropriately.
b. Service Dates: The dates of the current billing period.
c. Previous Reading: The meter reading at the start of the current billing period.
d. Present Reading: The meter reading at the end of the current billing period.  
e. Metered kWh: The difference in meter readings for the billing period (Present Reading minus Previous Reading) in kWh.
f. Multiplier: A factor applied to the meter reading to correctly bill kWh and kW. For residential accounts, this is usually 1.
g. Recorded kWh: The total amount of energy used during the billing period (calculated by multiplying the Metered kWh by the Multiplier).
h. Demand kW: The peak amount of energy used during the billing period. The amount is an average measured over a rolling 15-minute interval. 

Kilowatts, Kilowatt-Hours, and Demand Explained

a. Previous Balance: This is the amount billed on your last billing statement.
b. Payment Received: This is the amount of any payment(s) received during the current billing period.
c. Adjustments: Any fees or adjustments may be found here. Typical adjustments may include late fees, capital credit refunds, deposit charges, and energy efficiency incentives. 
d. Basic Charge: Supports fixed costs such as maintenance, billing, and customer service, regardless of the energy used. This is a charge for having service available and is billed even if no electricity is used. 
e. Energy Charge: This variable charge is the amount of electricity you used during the billing period measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh), multiplied by your energy charge rate. 
f. Demand Charge: This is the maximum amount of power you used during the billing period measured in kilowatts (kW). Not all rates have a cost associated with the demand charge. Kilowatts, Kilowatt-Hours, and Demand Explained

g. Salem/Keizer City Tax: This represents a portion of the fee assessed by the cities of Salem and Keizer. This fee only applies to locations within the city limits of Salem or Keizer.
h. Total Amount Due: Your total account balance after payments, adjustments, and new charges are applied.

A graph comparing your energy (kWh) consumption each month for the past 13 months. This allows you to monitor changes in your monthly energy consumption over time.

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Return this section of the bill to update your contact information or enroll in the Round Up Program. If you wish to enroll in Round Up and don't receive a paper billing statement, you can download a donation form, or log into your account from the Salem Electric home page or via the SmartHub mobile app.