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  • Re: Electricity Pricing/Usage

    From Spectre@21:3/101 to deon on Sat Jul 31 08:46:00 2021
    I'm paying something around 22.4c kWh. Last month for me was ~300 used, after supply charges and odd discount came in at ~$80. I haven't tended to hunt around for better deals much. Looking at the daily use on the bill, near 1/3 of my daily cost is supply charge.

    But I don't have heating here... I refuse Leccy heating, and no gas heater... so just rug up. There is a gas stove though so not all bad.

    Spec


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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to deon on Fri Jul 30 10:03:20 2021
    On 30 Jul 2021, deon said the following...

    5 Years ago, I was paying 35c/kwH - I'm now on Amber paying wholesale rates - which vary betweeen 5-30c (my average is 23). Depending on how Amber goes (I've only been with them a month), I have a plan B. Dont recall their name, but they charge $80/month for 250Kw, and then 12c thereafter...

    Comparing my bill its neck and neck with Amber - but what I like about
    the second option is its fixed pricing at 12c (after 250Kw), and my
    house pulls 450 or so a month.

    Wow, good job at 450kWh! We're in the summer months here & are using the AC a lot. In June we used 790kWh and this month we've used 921kWh, even in the winter months we're only down to 660kWh.

    We're on "Time of Use" pricing here, "Off-Peak" summer rates are 8.2 cents per kWh all weekend and 7pm-7am weekdays, "Mid-Peak" rates are 11.3 cents 7am-11am and 5pm-7pm weekdays, "On-Peak" rates are 17 cents 11am-5pm weekdays.

    The times change a bit in the winter, but really the rule of thumb at my house is you don't run the dishwasher or do laundry until after 7pm during the week.

    On average our bill is ~$100 /mo in the winter & ~$150 /mo in the summer.


    Jay

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  • From deon@21:2/116 to Warpslide on Sat Jul 31 01:05:36 2021
    Re: Re: Electricity Pricing/Usage
    By: Warpslide to deon on Fri Jul 30 2021 10:03 am

    Howdy,

    We're on "Time of Use" pricing here, "Off-Peak" summer rates are 8.2 cents per kWh all weekend and 7pm-7am weekdays, "Mid-Peak" rates
    are 11.3 cents 7am-11am and 5pm-7pm weekdays, "On-Peak" rates are 17 cents 11am-5pm weekdays.

    Wow, that's cheap (the off-peak rate - and good hours as well). I'm on a single rate meter, but when I had Solar I was on a time of use - but our peak was pretty much 7am-10pm (IIRC) - and at 35c/Kw.

    The solar helped a lot, but in my old house heating was Electric and it pulled the power. My bill tripled in Winter.

    My 450Kw is excluding heating and hot water (which is Natural Gas) - that's a $250/month bill during Winter :(

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to deon on Fri Jul 30 11:38:30 2021
    On 31 Jul 2021, deon said the following...

    My 450Kw is excluding heating and hot water (which is Natural Gas) - that's a $250/month bill during Winter :(

    That's how we're setup as well. Natural gas oven & cooktop, furnace & hot water heater. They have an Equal Monthly Payment Plan (EMPP) which is nice as it averages out the bill over the whole year so we don't have high bills in the winter and low bills in the summer.


    Jay

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to deon on Sat Jul 31 09:46:00 2021
    I'm paying something around 22.4c kWh. Last month for me was ~300 used, after supply charges and odd discount came in at ~$80. I haven't tended to hunt around for better deals much. Looking at the daily use on the bill, near 1/3 of my daily cost is supply charge.

    But I don't have heating here... I refuse Leccy heating, and no gas heater... so just rug up. There is a gas stove though so not all bad.

    Spec


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  • From Oli@21:3/102 to Warpslide on Mon Aug 2 13:24:54 2021
    Warpslide wrote (2021-07-30):

    Wow, good job at 450kWh! We're in the summer months here & are using the AC a lot. In June we used 790kWh and this month we've used 921kWh, even
    in the winter months we're only down to 660kWh.

    What are you doing with all the electric energy? Without incandescent light bulbs I find it hard to achieve these numbers.

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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Oli on Mon Aug 2 08:51:00 2021
    Hello Oli!

    ** On Monday 02.08.21 - 13:24, Oli wrote to Warpslide:

    Warpslide wrote (2021-07-30):

    Wow, good job at 450kWh! We're in the summer months here
    & are using the AC a lot. In June we used 790kWh and this
    month we've used 921kWh, even in the winter months we're
    only down to 660kWh.

    What are you doing with all the electric energy? Without
    incandescent light bulbs I find it hard to achieve these
    numbers.

    PMFJI, my Jun-Jul usage was 140kWh. I just use a couple of fans
    arranged in tandem to draw the cooler air from the lower
    (split-level) part of my house, to the upper part. Cool enuff.




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