What about FUEL surcharges (FUEL Factor for Generation Charges)? I live
near Houston and we have low rate as well, but we also have FUEL Factor for
Generation Charges which is an additional $0.083261/kWh. My bill was
$182.38 for this August and $102.91 of that was the "Fuel Factor for
Generation" charge. That made the average price per kWh for August $0.148.
The breakdown goes $0.02604 for first 250kWh; all additional kWh @ $0.068903
and the fuel factor for generation is $0.083261 kWh for each kWh used. Each
month the "Fuel Charge for Generation changes. It is a screwy way of
billing and makes checking the bill harder than it should be. The average
price per kWh for August $0.148.
Terry
KQ5U
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Cost of Electricity
The city of Austin also runs its own municipal electric utility.
We have a $6/month flat fee on top of usage. Our rates vary by time of
year, and the first 500 kWh/month are less than anything over that.
For 423 kWh in the summer, we'd pay $21.01 total, or an effective 4.9
cents per kWh. I don't think you'd ever get to 8.3 cents per kWh, even
factoring in the $6 base fee, as the maximum usage rate for us is 7.82
cents per kWh.
Go out into the Hill Country or the northern suburbs, though, and
it's a completely different story. The Pedernales Electric Cooperative
(the largest electric coop in the country) has a $20/month base fee and
usage rates that start at 8.67 cents a kWh. 423 kWh out there would
cost $56.67 or an effective 13.4 cents per kWh. [Half of my coworkers
live in PEC territory and half of us live in Austin Energy territory -
it leads to interesting comparisons.]
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:23:00PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am fortunate to live in Palo Alto, CA which owns and operates its own
very well run utilities. Back in the days before "de-regulation" they had
the
sense to lock in a number of longterm contracts for power and as a
consequence my last month bill for 423KWH was $35.15 or 8.3 cents
per KWH.
Doug
W6JD
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