The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The
way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
changes in my usage.
TB
In article <up1rpd$37u70$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.org says...Regardless, that's a lot less than the $8.7 mil you saved a year of so ago.
On 1/26/2024 7:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The >>> way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
changes in my usage.
TB
That sure is a big drop from $8.7 mil. Does that mean there's trouble a
brewin' in The Garden of Oregon?
No, it means you don't understand how math works. The math is
working out the way PGE told me it would. It's very simple. As I said,
"The easiest way to make money is by not spending it." I'm probably
saving around $60 annually with only the few minutes of effort required
to sign in to my account twice a year. If I want to compare that with
the effort required to make money in other ways the answer is not $8.7 million.
TB
In article <up1rpd$37u70$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.org says...
On 1/26/2024 7:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The >>> way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
changes in my usage.
TB
That sure is a big drop from $8.7 mil. Does that mean there's trouble a
brewin' in The Garden of Oregon?
That's just more jive ass math. Along with my biggest power bill
ever I also got a $31 savings during the last billing period, compared
to what I would have paid at the "basic" rate. "With great power, comes
great savings." Or something like that.
TB
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