Pond Breather

[addy1]

We live real cheap in the winter, the windows heat the house, the propane stove heats the living space, the heat pump does not run. Now summer, the ac runs a lot. Our highest bill, once the pond is running the AC is running, sits around $200.00 Right now it is around $80.00.
Our cost is $6.69 / kilowatt hour

 

[MitchM]

We live real cheap in the winter, the windows heat the house, the propane stove heats the living space, the heat pump does not run. Now summer, the ac runs a lot. Our highest bill, once the pond is running the AC is running, sits around $200.00 Right now it is around $80.00.
Our cost is $6.69 / kilowatt hour

Did you get a decimal place wrong? Maybe you meant $0.669 or $0.069?

 

[addy1]

Just looked it up, again....................... opppppppppppppppppppss 6.695 CENTS! Guess I need my coffee!
Guess $$ signs make a difference.

I was thinking that was high.................. geez!

 

[MitchM]

Do you have many "other" fees on your bill as well?
It makes a big difference here.

 

[addy1]

Yep


Rate: Residential Service PE-RSRF
Generation Charge 49.76
Transmission Charge 3.19
Customer Distribution Charge 5.00
Distribution Charge 13.61
Electric Universal Service Fee 0.36
Energy Cost Adjustment 0.21
Administrative Credi -1.38
Cogeneration PURPA Surcharg 6.05
Franchise Tax 0.50
EmPower MD Surcharge 4.54
Demand Resource Surcharge 0.21
MD Environmental Surcharge 0.12
Current Consumption Bill Charges 82.1

 

[MitchM]

Yep.
I don't know what's the point of giving us a price per kilowatt hour.
They'll make as much profit as they want by charging us "other" fees.
We get a charge for how many power poles run along side our property.
GEEZE!

 

[MitchM]

It's no different than the banks charging us a fee for DEPOSITING money.

 

[addy1]

We also have a RAIN tax................... you get charged by how much of your land is covered by non permeable material. Black top etc.

 

[MitchM]

"Off the grid" has never looked so good....

 

[addy1]

It's no different than the banks charging us a fee for DEPOSITING money.

Really po's me to get charged for transferring money via the bank, electronically. Most of our banking is free, I get irritated with even a tiny charge.

 

[addy1]

"Off the grid" has never looked so good....

I was setting up solar on my house in AZ, but they lied about the savings we would get, i.e. the payback. It would have been 45 years to break even. So I got out of the contract. Our house was too efficient, they were using "normal" numbers.

 

[MitchM]

Solar cost is getting lower and efficiency is improving all the time.
The dropping price of oil is not helping though.

 

[sissy]

Yeh it seems the find things to jack up every bill you get just like cell phones .I get charged Pittsylvania county taxes and Henry County taxes for my electric bill .Add it up and it comes out to over 20 dollars a month extra .Last month my bill was 160 dollars and they added something on the bill that says power repair and upgrade surcharge ,what the heck is that ,do we all here have to pay for repairs and upgrades now also .My house is all electric .Even propane here is expensive because my sister just got her tank filled and she said that she paid 80 dollars more than the last time she had it filled and they put in less propane and guy said cost went up .I really can't complain because this is not a small house and with the pumps running on the pond and power tools going and 1 1/2 horse power well pump and hot water heater that is not a bad bill .In the spring when no air and heat is needed I go down to about 70 dollars a month last year but now they added these extra fees I don't think i will get that low this year .Heat pump was not adjusted right and lennox had to send a guy out to adjust it correctly since McKinney cooling and heating was not doing it right .

 

[sissy]

I saw now they rent solar systems to you and they get the tax break and they maintain every thing and install it free of charge .Not sure what the rent on the systems are a month .They say what ever you don't use the electric company pays you for it .I looked at it but not to sure on it

 

[addy1]

I had solar water heater, solar pool heater in Arizona, almost did solar electric, at the cost of 160k or so, of course a tax back rebate and other rebates dropped it to around 60-80k can't recall exactly, but the pay back was way out there, in years.