Membership Fee
A $20 membership fee to have service connected is required for all consumers choosing to join Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative. The $20 membership fee is refunded when the member moves off the LMRE system.
Deposits
Consumers must pay a $180 deposit* to receive electric service from the cooperative.
A $225 deposit* is required for consumers considered “all electric.”
* The deposit will be held by the cooperative for a period of two (2) years. After the two-year period, the entire deposit, plus 3 percent annual interest, will be refunded to the consumer, provided the consumer has maintained a good credit rating with the cooperative. A good credit rating shall mean that the member has not been delinquent in paying his bill more than once in the most recent 12-month period.
Meter Fees & Charges
A $38 Trip Charge will be assessed to the consumer for the following:
- Collection and/or disconnection trip.
- Customer requested meter test.
- Delinquent service reconnect during regular business hours
- Reconnect or disconnection of service for a consumer with multiple accounts at one location. ($38 trip charge plus $12 for each additional meter)
- Delivery of returned mail - only when it is the third time.
A $100 Trip Charge will be assessed to the consumer for service reconnection after regular work hours.
- Calls received between 3 p.m. and 8 a.m. (normal weekdays)
- Calls between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (weekends and holidays)
Meter Test (at consumer’s request)
- The consumer is required to pay $38 to pay the test fee before the test is done.
- If the meter is in error more than two percent then the Meter Test fee will be returned.
- The meter test fee will be waived if the meter had not been tested within the previous 10 years.
Bad Check
- Service fee, $18 plus bank charge.
- Trip charge, $38.
Unauthorized Electricity Use
- Estimated electric use plus damages and administrative costs.
- Minimum charge, $350.
Security Light Installation Charge
- No charge for pole and materials on existing pole.
- No charge for security light installed on an existing cooperative pole.
- Deliver and set each additional pole required, $100.
- If an additional pole is required, its location must be in a serviceable area. (i.e. within 20 feet of a drive)
- No light will be installed on a consumer’s pole for liability and safety reasons.
- The installation of security light equipment other than the 150-watt metal halide style security light normally provided by the cooperative is subject to possible added installation charges to accommodate the difference in equipment and material cost.
- Rental charge, $11. Additional rental charge information.
Temporary Service-Annual Charge (A temporary service means temporary, i.e. less than 12 months. The member is required to have a permanent service installed within 12 months; otherwise this charge will be applied for the subsequent year.)
- For a cooperative supplied (at the discretion of the Operations Manager) temporary service entrance, $120.
- To hook up consumer’s temporary service entrance installed per cooperative's specifications, $120.
County Permits
- The actual cost of the permit is assessed to the consumer