Power bills. What does everyone use down south in winter.

JaxDad wrote:
Your house must be in Kaybek, the land of cheap Creelectric power.

If your house were in Ontario that bill would be a LOT higher.

Nope BC. But yah, same idea. Our bills are about 65 per month but that includes the electricity to charge two electric vehicles. So yah cheap as we don’t have to pay to Gad a car up either. They are looking at testing out time of use programs here. We signed up as guinea pigs but they haven’t contacted us yet. In Palm Springs where we are now it cut our bill in more than half. Guess we’ll see.

John.

JaxDad wrote:
Your house must be in Kaybek, the land of cheap Creelectric power.

If your house were in Ontario that bill would be a LOT higher.

LOL, you got so much hydro you sold it all to us at a discount. I'm paying .08kw

Your house must be in Kaybek, the land of cheap Creelectric power.

If your house were in Ontario that bill would be a LOT higher.

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.

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..

Chuck_thehammer wrote:
here in RGV of Texas

I pay $0.15 per kw.. about $45.00 a month, NO air conditioning (wife hates it)
main power user is microwave. sometimes toaster oven.

I heat water heater with propane... and pay $18.00 per 30 pound refill.
Trailer heated by propane.. not electric.

So pretty close to the same usage and close to the same bill. We are probably a little cheaper because of the time of use plan but otherwise about the same. I don’t know what it costs for a thirty pound refill here but seems to me when we filled the neighbours tank for him last year it was around 25.

here in RGV of Texas

I pay $0.15 per kw.. about $45.00 a month, NO air conditioning (wife hates it)
main power user is microwave. sometimes toaster oven.

I heat water heater with propane... and pay $18.00 per 30 pound refill.
Trailer heated by propane.. not electric.