Part of the Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association's (CCECA) rate is used to recover a set amount of its power cost, or electric generation. As the cost of purchasing power rises above that set amount, CCECA adjusts the PCRF in order to recover the additional cost. So, our rate doesn't change — the PCRF does.
It's much like the cost of your car — your monthly car payment stays the same, but as gasoline prices at the pump change, so does the cost to use your car.
The main advantage of having a PCRF that's responsive to fuel prices is that whenever fuel costs fall, CCECA members aren't stuck with a higher PCRF because it falls, too.