How do power companies handle their own power in terms of billing and other things?

Question

Do they have to be registered to a power company like other businesses? Do they bill themselves? Does it differ between nuclear, wind, electrical, water?

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Answer 1

I work as power plant operator. Our site generates power onto transmission lines that we own. We account for out net and gross power, but don’t meter it in the way that another business would. We also maintain equipment that would allow us to start up in the event that our connection point to the grid was deenergized and we were unable to draw the power necessary.