this ispretty coomon in Alberta for all services. Right now electricity is epensive but natural gas was costing as much or more to get to your house as the actual gas itself. There are a lot of governments and government owned/associated companies all taking a flat fee and then a % of your usage.

Is that because the generation is nuclear and hydroelectric and so lower cost than natural gas like Alberta?

Here in Austin my usage cost is about $8-16 of a >$100 bill once you include all the fees, mandates etc. Meaning I can only swing my bill by about $8 by lifestyle choices.

This is often the case in Alberta as well.