John & Angela wrote:
Gdetrailer wrote:
You better stay where you are..
That is some cheap power.
My sticks and bricks is averaging 30 Kwh per month and the average bill comes to $110 per month (In US $).
That is equiv to $.27 per Kwh including all taxes and additional charges..
The actual power generation charge is only about $.10 per Kwh, it is all the extra taxes and charges that makes the power bill huge..
I should note that I am getting off cheap, my Brother lives about 5 miles from my house gets his electric from a REA (Rural Electrification Act of 1936) Co-Op.
SEE HERE
Co-Ops don't own power plants, they simply buy electric from power plants and resell it on their own distribution network..
The problem with that is they must buy the power at COMMERCIAL rates.
Commercial power rates are not cheaper than consumer rates, in fact the commercial rates ARE NEARLY TWICE of consumer rates.. Commercial rates are high to discourage excessive power use.
The Co-Op then DOUBLES the price and that is what the sell it for..
Yeah, my brother would pay over $400 per month for the same Kwh that I average..
Ouch. But I suspect a house in the cold uses more power than a motorhome in the sunny south. Sounds pricey though. We are around 10 cents ish (Canadian) back home. Typical bill is about 65 can for our townhouse. Hydro is cheap.
No Gov "subsidized" electric rates here in PA, we are not the cheapest nor the most expensive either.
In fact, 10 yrs ago or a bit longer, PA PUC changed the rules to allow folks to "shop" for electric power sellers (generation charge)..
The problem with that is the generation charge is the CHEAP part of the bill..
Even if I changed where my power generation charge comes from it would only amount to $.01-$.02 per KwH cost or about $.30 per day or about $9 per month difference. Not meaningful and it often locks you into a specific power rate for 2yrs at a time.. After that time elapses, you often face a HUGE rate jump if you fail to renegotiate (folks HAVE unknowingly gotten caught off guard when they hit the end of the 2yr period with super large bills).
You cannot shop around for what really costs, the actual Power company that owns the right aways, lines, distribution equipment and area.
Although like I mentioned, I am lucky, the power company that I deal with is one of the LOWEST cost ones on this side of PA, others not so lucky..
