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Jim said:But you don't have regular 115°F outdoor temperatures.
No, but I thought we were debating the necessity of A/C when the temp
is 79F?
Jim said:But you don't have regular 115°F outdoor temperatures.
The money has to come from somewhere. It's an extra tax burden no
matter where it comes from.
Robert said:We're in the process of switching to 100% regenerative electricity,
No, but I thought we were debating the necessity of A/C when the temp
is 79F?
Jim said:Recall I said I didn't turn it on ;-)
What's " 100% regenerative electricity " ?
Graham
Yep. I have 2 5-ton units
Win, How about heating oil or gas? You don't heat with
electricity do you? (We're all-electric.)
Jim Thompson said:Just received my Annual Power Consumption Summary for 2005...
65,518KWH for $5,133.59
How does that cost compare to annual costs in a cold climate, like
Massachusetts?
...Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson wrote...
Whew, time to think about better insulation, low-E glass,
window shades, trees, attic fans, spaced walls, and etc.
Get a butane tank! We use electricity for hot water and
cooking, but heating is oil plus electric blower motors.
It's my estimation we need to dramatically lower our
consumption - my wife says our neighbors use less.
Damn! that's an awfully high rate $0.127 per kwh. Even adjusting your
rates to $0.08 your bill is about 25-35% more than mine here in the deep
south.
You must have a big house?
However, I don't heat with electric so any comparison on total cost is
pointless. But, man, the rates you pay.... that'd kill me.
Paul
What's your annual oil cost?
Jim,
can you get peak kW billing in your area?
When I lived in Phoenix, I had peak kW billing and a load sheder (sp?)
and that saved me over $100 per month... I tried to hold the peaks to
5 to 7 kWh in any one hour....
look into it..
Mark
This is what I want to doJim Thompson wrote...
Whew, time to think about better insulation, low-E glass,
window shades, trees, attic fans, spaced walls, and etc.
Get a butane tank! We use electricity for hot water and
cooking, but heating is oil plus electric blower motors.
It's my estimation we need to dramatically lower our
consumption - my wife says our neighbors use less.
Get a butane tank! ...
I currently live in the central valley (of CA of USA) (north of halfway)Joerg said:Hello Keith,
Yes, but it's a one-sided tax. Stuff like this means you can't plan
anything electrical. Years ago I was thinking about geothermal heating.
Now I am very happy to had switched the thought process to wood heating.
Got to remain independent these days.
The other rather dubious thing is that while California has a mandatory
2/3 majority approval by voters on any tax increases they constantly
circumvent that law by calling taxes differently. On this one they
completely bypassed the voters. It's wrong.
Regards, Joerg
Joerg said:Hello Winfield,
And then they really have you over the barrel. We use(d) propane and one
January years ago we got zinged with a $700+ bill. That did it. That is
when we installed a wood stove and a pellet stove. In consequence
heating costs dropped by more than 20dB. Instead of 68F with that stupid
2F hysteresis it's now usually 70F+ and very constant. This year cost is
going to be close to zilch since we had to take down some pines
Ok, let's see: Cutting was free (airport had to pay). $40 in gas and oil
for the splitter and truck. Nice meal for the owners of the splitter
(priceless). $10 in post-splitting beers. $120 worth of pellets for the
pellet stove. $10 for the little stove fans. Guess we'll be under $200
this winter.
Regards, Joerg
Jim said:Just received my Annual Power Consumption Summary for 2005...
65,518KWH for $5,133.59
in Msg. said:What's " 100% regenerative electricity " ?
Jim Thompson wrote...
About $1200 last year. This year, we'll see!