Electric Rates (Page 2): Fossil fuels will be around for a long time. Maybe will be granted the opportunity to purchase them from foreign countries if we are lucky...

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

Fossil fuels will be around for a long time. Maybe will be granted the opportunity to purchase them from foreign countries if we are lucky

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

jerryc41 wrote:

There is a discussion about electricity - saving money and rates. I just got a bill. Figuring my amount due vs kWh used, it works out to $0.41/kWh. Last month, it was $0.33. I see a trend here.

Yep, bend over

Don

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Canisdirus wrote:

I'm all for progress....but it has to be actual progress.

So far...nada. Although a lot of coin and power is being gathered.

N.C. niche energy...solar, wind... 8% total.

Expensive energy.

Rates vary of course...nuclear is holding yours down...same with my state.

Ultimately, consumers will have to benefit from rooftop solar. Right now, that's a shell game, with some folks figuring out how, while others get screwed. In my town, it's verboten, because the town is part owner of a generating station. They don't want competition that would reduce consumption and increase cost per kWh.

Canisdirus

burkphoto wrote:

Ultimately, consumers will have to benefit from rooftop solar. Right now, that's a shell game, with some folks figuring out how, while others get screwed. In my town, it's verboten, because the town is part owner of a generating station. They don't want competition that would reduce consumption and increase cost per kWh.

Yes, solar is all over the place depending on the parent energy company(s).

Our electric company has to buy it back...and they hate it...but no serious rebates from our state either.
I think solar definitely works for limited applications...

I would not go with an entire roof system simply because the tech is moving so fast.
They have made amazing strides in the portables...some very powerful portables.

I have been playing with a few of them....Togo and Bluetti ... have a few panels...they work.

Would I bet the economy on solar or wind...lawdy no.

jiminnee

jerryc41 wrote:

There is a discussion about electricity - saving money and rates. I just got a bill. Figuring my amount due vs kWh used, it works out to $0.41/kWh. Last month, it was $0.33. I see a trend here.

I don't know what our advertised rate is here now,but you can't figure from it anyway. The advertised rate is a certain rate only at a rate that is for higher usage. If you use more than a certain minimum, the rates are graduated & the only one they advertise is the cheapest rate that almost no one uses, but it looks good for ad purposes.

Lucasdv123

Canisdirus wrote:

I'm all for progress....but it has to be actual progress.

So far...nada. Although a lot of coin and power is being gathered.

N.C. niche energy...solar, wind... 8% total.

Expensive energy.

Rates vary of course...nuclear is holding yours down...same with my state.

Mine is 10.2 cents per kw and that includes taxes and carrying charges and it will be good till 2 /24 but my son who is with them will go up next month to about 12.5cents and now they are adding the carrying charges to the total which will be about 18.6.

Canisdirus

Lucasdv123 wrote:

Mine is 10.2 cents per kw and that includes taxes and carrying charges and it will be good till 2 /24 but my son who is with them will go up next month to about 12.5cents and now they are adding the carrying charges to the total which will be about 18.6.

Everything is only going one way these days...up...with no end in sight.

I have a simple rule...not a blanket rule...but simple.

Good ideas can be expanded infinitely.

Solar and wind fail this simple rule.

California has already rationed electric drivers...and that state has not even come close to saturation.

It's a niche energy source...with pros and cons...but still...niche.

Harry02 Loc: Gardena, CA

jerryc41 wrote:

There is a discussion about electricity - saving money and rates. I just got a bill. Figuring my amount due vs kWh used, it works out to $0.41/kWh. Last month, it was $0.33. I see a trend here.

We got our latest bill, so we looked it up a;so.
The rates for LA, CA ad gone up 16% this year.
All our light bulbs are LEDs, and my TV uses less than the cable box.
It's still @ $140. month.

davidv Loc: salt lake city utah

What is your power co.?

davidv Loc: salt lake city utah

I think here in Salt Lake City Ut, it’s .14 after taxes.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

davidv wrote:

I think here in Salt Lake City Ut, it’s .14 after taxes.

But yours is generated by salt, and that makes all the difference.

Harry02 Loc: Gardena, CA

alawry wrote:

I'm very intrested in rates other folk use. Jerry,... (show quote)

THIS is inflation. Oil is @ $80 a barrel, so that isn't the cause.

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alawry Loc: Timaru New Zealand

Harry02 wrote:

THIS is inflation. Oil is @ $80 a barrel, so that isn't the cause.

That's interesting the rates in 90247 very similar to ours. Where is 90247 is that your zip code?

Harry02 Loc: Gardena, CA

alawry wrote:

That's interesting the rates in 90247 very similar to ours. Where is 90247 is that your zip code?

90247 is in Gardena, CA.
In a cluster of apartments buildings, there are no gardens.
A friend lives in Lawndale- and homeowners are paving their lawns for parking.
Hardly any oranges in Orange, Ca.
Etc.