<prompt> Human: Delivery is always more expensive than the electricity used. Live in Boston, MAEdit: thanks for everyones answers  <response>: Because there are two major expenses with getting electricity to your house.Generating the electricity with this you are billed simply what you use.The other major expenses is transportation of that electricity to your house, the power lines, sub stations, all this is billions of infrastructure.So there is a fixed amount you need to pay just to be connected to the grid , doesnt matter if you use a tiny amount or a lot.The other portion is what you use. 