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From: Fleetie on 6 Sep 2009 13:21
Meat Plow wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 09:32:36 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
> <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net>wrote:
>
>>> Here is my current month's breakdown. I did run the air for a week or
>>> so of hot weather in the high 80s to low 90s.
>>> Generation Service $34.42
>>> Transmission Service 6.53
>>> Distribution Service 25.73 Customer
>>> Charge 3.82
>> We don't have a "distribution charge". I pay around 10 cents/kWh.
>>
>
> If I read the bill correct, the above reflects usage of 741kwh from
> 7/25 to 8/27. 741/70.5 = 0.1058 or 10.5 cents per kwh.
>
> In April for instance my usage was only around 460 kwh but in July and
> August weather was such that I needed some air, and dehumidifier in
> the basement. I do have an attic fan that runs 14 hours a day when it
> hits 80 outside. It's a whole house ventilator with maybe an 1/8 HP
> motor on it. So really it just all adds up.

How do you guys get power so cheaply?

Here's my (recent; a few days ago) analysis of exactly one year's usage
from the start of September 2008 to September 2009.

We get two rates: Night is much cheaper than day:


E-On : Electricity readings for the last 1 year exactly:

Day: Night:
---- ------
2 Sep 08 : 29170 83750
1 Sep 09 : 33049 89619
===== =====
= 3879 5869 kWH / year (365 days)
= 10.63 16.08 kWH / day
= 323 489 kWH / month
---

Current rates (pence/kWH, including VAT and 6% direct debit discount):

Night: 5.014
High day: 26.205 (first 900 units/year, i.e. the first 75 units/month)
Low day: 12.663

So, amounts in pounds per month at the various rates:

High day : 19.65 (75 units)
Low day : 31.40 (323-75=248 units)
Night : 24.52 (489 units)
-------
75.57 / month averaged over last 1 year


Martin
From: CaltechPhD on 6 Sep 2009 13:54
On Sep 5, 7:04 pm, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...(a)comcast.net>
wrote:
> It's possible. I attended Caltech briefly then (Fall, 1965). I was a total
> shmuck then, and I apologize.
No need to apologize. Most of us were (are?) socially challenged.
>
> I apologize for not remembering your name, but it just doesn't ring a bell.
If you had a bad experience, you probably tried to forget it. I think
we were in the same section (does Math 1.5 ring a bell?) with Bob
Leighton as our TA for Physics 1.
From: William Sommerwerck on 6 Sep 2009 14:14
> In April for instance my usage was only around 460 kwh but in July and
> August weather was such that I needed some air, and dehumidifier in
> the basement. I do have an attic fan that runs 14 hours a day when it
> hits 80 outside. It's a whole house ventilator with maybe an 1/8 HP
> motor on it. So really it just all adds up.

I live in the Pacific Northwest. It rarely gets extremely hot or extremely
cold. When it does, I just tough it out for a few days.


From: William Sommerwerck on 6 Sep 2009 14:19
"CaltechPhD" <josephfeng(a)alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in message
news:6f6b3e33-5ef9-45ee-a5f1-dc9d7eae16e7(a)m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 5, 7:04 pm, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...(a)comcast.net>
wrote:

>> It's possible. I attended Caltech briefly then (Fall, 1965).
>> I was a total shmuck then, and I apologize.

> No need to apologize. Most of us were (are?) socially challenged.


>> I apologize for not remembering your name, but it just doesn't
>> ring a bell.

> If you had a bad experience, you probably tried to forget it. I think
> we were in the same section (does Math 1.5 ring a bell?) with Bob
> Leighton as our TA for Physics 1.

I certainly remember Bob Leighton. My mother met him and hated him.

By the way, do you know James Boyk, your pianist-in-residence? He's an
acquaintance. Several years ago I refurbished a KLH Model 11 portable
phonograph for him, which was a Christmas gift for his son. If you run into
him, tell him that we attended Caltech at the same -- only I didn't
graduate. (I later graduated FSU.)


From: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Sep 2009 15:39

CaltechPhD wrote:
>
> On Sep 5, 7:25 am, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...(a)earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > I've
> > know William online for about ten years on another newsgroup.
> Wow! I claim that I first met him about 44 years ago.


Not my fault, I was only 13 at that time! ;-)


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