Recent content by vwaudiguy

The lower consumption tariff does look good on paper... but when they hit you with power cost adjustments each month that are typically over 2 cents per... you start to realize that the lower tariff is mainly to look good to customers of other power companies comparing one company to the next.

I'm going to quote that in my next correspondence with the power company.:)

-5 is as low as we got this winter.. it lasted about 2.5 days... I could run the generator to supplement those days in the future if need be.. I just need a heat pump that works well in the cold

Yes the demand is a 24x7 thing starting in April for me... a money grab is the best way to put it... I would love to have the Sol-ark 15k..

Correct it is across the board at this point.. they had a Coop 101 meeting for members when they announced this so I went for info. I brought up that very complaint in regards to how they suggest people can help reduce their bills.. I brought up how my heat pump water heater can actually have a...

If I go with a new Air source heat pump I will for sure get one good into the negative temps.

Emporia does a good job tracking 15 minute peak demand.. I wish I could utilize their app for battery discharge peak shaving... but you must use their battery... I do plan to get their EV charger as I really enjoy their vue monitor/app

I am researching new air source heat pumps as well as ground source heat pumps.. also adding 2" of insulation to the exterior of the house while residing it... the plan to attack my high demand comes after the house is performing at its best. The hope is to never need the heating strips.. even...

If I had demand charges last year it would have added $786 to the year..

Yeah I figured if it's going to cost me some of my hard earned money either way... I may as well get a cool new toy to go along with the savings. If a heat pump dryer is anything like my heat pump water heater... in heat pump only mode it only uses 400 watts... just takes forever to heat the...

my bill for 9 months was only $31 each... this change will add about $78 to each of those months.

I view electricity like I do gasoline... charge enough per gallon to pay all of the cost of production, transport, ect... the customer really doesn't need to be involved with your business by paying a pump fee and a fuel fee and a cost of doing business fee... if the price gets too high for some...

If I could pick between different electric companies to get the best deal as with any other goods or service.. then complaints would be kept to a lower level.. but to have a rate change done in a way that is nearly out of my control to offset and a change that has the ability to triple my bill...

My price per Kwh is actually cheap at $0.087 but I get the other BS along with it... yay