I've been thinking about this for awhile and haven't found a satisfactory answer. Generally when someone reports that they pay X per kilowatt hour, is this the "actual" ("commodity") charge of the electricity, or does this generally include the distribution and other surcharges? The "raw" charge of my electricity is $0.0837 per KWH, but with the various surcharges this climbs to $0.097442 per KWH (and just over 0.10 per KWH with sales tax). Is there a standard way electricity costs is reported?