amdx wrote:
On 1/20/2014 9:28 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:50:35 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 1/20/2014 2:32 PM, wrote:


the EPA calc is $7.23 a year to run it.
That is less than 60 cents a month.

Do you know what the EPA uses as the cost for aKwh?
How many hours per day do they use?
Mikek

I don't know and I didn't have much luck looking. I see a lot of
calculators but nothing about how they get the number they print on
the box.

Obviously if you are getting that cut rate power Harry gets the number
will be different than you get with the gold plated 45 cent California
power.


Interesting comparison of California to Texas.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/4CDFxeB7Y-s
Mikek

We have tiered power usage here. More you use, the higher per KWH. Lots
of that is the fault of the state legislature, when they deregulated
power, they deregulated the wholesale and kept regulation on retail. Made
PG&E sell a lot of their generating capacity. Calpine bought a bunch of
it. Then raised the wholesale rate to make a killing and pay off the loans
to buy the capacity. Another law passed at the last minute without
reading. PG&E went in to bankruptcy because they were required by the
state PUC to sell power below cost. The bankruptcy court slapped the PUC
and told them they can not require a company to sell product at less than
cost! My power bill with 2 of us and a pool, runs about $200 a month. But
we rarely use the AC. Last month with kids and grand kids here, and
extreme cold, the bill went to $420. Would have to dig out the bill to see
the KWH. But probably kicked us in to the higher KWH costs.