{"id":251,"date":"2018-09-17T13:14:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cec.granade.co\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=251"},"modified":"2024-03-01T12:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T17:15:58","slug":"what-are-your-service-fees","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/www.cherokee.coop\/index.php\/faq-items\/what-are-your-service-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Your Service Fees?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Membership Fee \u2013 $5.00<\/strong> This fee is required prior to the time service is supplied to the consumer, and is not transferable. Upon termination of service, the membership fee may be applied against any unpaid bills of the consumer. Any remaining balance will be returned to the consumer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consumer (Security) Deposit<\/strong> This fee is required prior to the time service is supplied to the consumer, and is not transferable. Upon termination of service, the security deposit may be applied against any unpaid bills of the consumer. Any remaining balance will be returned to the consumer.<\/p>\n<p>Residential: Minimum of $150.00<br \/>\nCommercial: Minimum of $300.00 or estimated 2 month\u2019s usage (whichever is greater).<br \/>\nIndustrial: Determined by contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Refundable Charges<\/strong><br \/>\nConnect Fee: $35.00<br \/>\nSeasonal Reconnect Fee: $100.00<br \/>\nTransfer Fee: $35.00<br \/>\nReturned Check Fee $30.00<br \/>\nMeter Test: $25.00 (if meter is accurate within +\/- 2%)<br \/>\nService Charge\/Administrative Fee: $35.00<br \/>\nLate Payment Penalty: 5% of bill for the first $5,000, then 1% thereafter.<br \/>\nOutage calls that are determined to be an issue on the consumer side will result in a fee: $30 between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, all other times $50.00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Due Collection Fee<\/strong><br \/>\nPast Due Collection Fee: $35<br \/>\nNo Reconnects after 3:30 pm Monday-Friday or on weekends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Temporary Electric Service<\/strong><br \/>\nPole Rental: $30.00 per month plus kWh usage.<br \/>\nCarnivals, Tent Revivals, or similar: Fee will be determined per event.<br \/>\nUnderground Service: Call our office for information.<br \/>\nTo change existing overhead service: Total cost of construction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yard Lights<\/strong><br \/>\nInstallation: $90 fee plus $500 if pole is required.<br \/>\nTurn on Existing: $25.00 (*no charge if turned on at meter install Commercial \u2013 Same as above plus any &#8220;make-ready&#8221; cost)<br \/>\nMonthly fee: Determined by type of light<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cut Seal\/Meter Tampering\/Theft of Service<\/strong><br \/>\nUnauthorized cut seal: $150.00<br \/>\nTampering Investigation Fee: $500.00<br \/>\nTampering will increase the security deposit to: $400<br \/>\n*Meter Tampering kWh usage will be estimated by CEC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership Fee \u2013 $5.00 This fee is required prior to  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[7],"class_list":["post-251","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-info"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Are Your Service Fees? 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