standing charge
Base service fee
A standing charge is a fixed fee charged regularly regardless of usage, common in utility billing.
Your electricity bill includes a standing charge plus a per-unit rate for power consumed.
The standing charge covers meter maintenance and connection to the grid.
The term appears in British English more than American, where similar concepts may be called service fees or base charges.
- fixed feePredetermined, unchanging charge
- base rateStandard reference percentage
- service feeCost for assistance rendered
- utility billCharge for essential services
- energy billCharge for power consumed
meter · smart meter · electricity · gas · British Gas · connection · tariff · price cap · flat rate · subscription · baseline · overhead · maintenance fee · billing · account · direct debit · kilowatt · supplier
standing chargepay-as-you-go
Immediate settlement required
unit rate · usage fee · variable cost · marginal cost · variable rate
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