If I want to pay more for 100% renewable electricity or organic eggs thats my business. Its one thing to have a socialist electrical grid but now you want socialist generation as well?
//Lent? On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:19 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Same in NY, and I have the same complaints. Same wire, same product, > fake competition. > > On 8/21/2019 10:52 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > We have it hear, I thought it was widespread, maybe not. Transmission is > > unbundled from generation. > > > > I find it annoying. The alternative power companies are always calling > to > > get you to switch, sometimes with misleading sale tactics. You hear > about > > people falling for bait-and-switch pricing where they end up paying more > for > > their power. Also many municipalities put out bids and choose an energy > > supplier which then applies to all residents (or all businesses) unless > they > > opt out. > > > > IMHO it's an unnecessary complication. It's not like gasoline where they > > can at least claim to have a better product, electrons are electrons, and > > the power is blended anyway. It's not like the power you get was > generated > > by the supplier you chose, or that you will have less outages or better > > voltage or something. It's strictly about price. Electricity is a > > commodity. I don't want the hassle of choosing a power generation > supplier > > each year. It feels just like choosing a health insurance supplier on > the > > marketplace each year, I look forward to that like a colonoscopy. > > > > I think the power companies like ComEd and Ameren are forced to buy solar > > and wind power anyway from those who choose to generate it, so I'm > missing > > the big benefit. I seriously doubt this has saved me any money from > > "competition". > > > > As far as the question about being a reseller for one of these power > > "CLECs", I would avoid it, if only because they are viewed by many > people as > > kind of shady. Tricksters with robocalls. Maybe sell CBD oil instead, > that > > seems to be all the rage. Apparently the remaining video rental places > > actually exist to sell CBD products. That must be fun. Take the kids to > > rent a VHS tape and they say "look, Daddy, they have gummies, can we get > > some?" > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:26 AM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Reselling Electricity > > > > They tried to do the CLEC type of thing with power years ago. Maybe > just in > > California. Was a disaster. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Osmon > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 9:31 PM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Reselling Electricity > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 04:12:25PM -0400, Matt Hoppes wrote: > >> Has anyone here looking into becoming a reseller for a wholesale > >> electric company? > > At scale, that's effectively what a data center becomes... > > > > Never thought about it on bigger scale. > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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