Are you Canadian by any chance? It's common in Canada to call electrical utilities "hydro" whether there's water generation or not. In the states they don't do this as much. At least not in my experience.

I put hundreds of hours in to this game as a kid, absolutely loved it. Never could keep a supply of cattle sustained though. Eventually my whole population was milk maids until the eventual collapse.

No, per pay period. Mine's about $42 every 2 weeks.