Electric rates

[Smelser]

We constantly hear about how our Hydro is so expensive, and we sell it to the neighbouring provinces and states at a fraction of what it costs us. so I figured I would ask the R3V membership...
is our Hydro REALLY that expensive?? perhaps we just grow use to $400 household electric bills in the winter

[mrsleeve]

are you using electric heat as your primary heat source

[nando]

I switched to mostly LED lighting and my bills dropped by almost half. I had CCFL's before but they still use a lot of power. But even so, a $400 bill seems huge.

[slammin.e28]

Mine usually doubles in the winter. Electric everything. Baseboard heating sucks.

Spring and Fall I can usually have a sub-$100 bill/month.

[Smelser]

No real electric heat. Use wood with oil back up. There is a barn with a ceramic heater. But it's only a 10x10 room for the water pump. What gets me is the delivery charge of almost matching what we used in KW. Add on a debt retirnent charge and then 13% sales tax on top of all that.
Off peak is 7pm-7am
Mid peak is 11am-5pm
High peak is 7am-11am and 5pm-7pm
In the summer the mid and high switch times.
What do most others pay per KW/h?

[nando]

I'd have to look but my last bill was around 650kw/h and it was like $60-$75.

[Mr. Tasty]

$0.11 per kw/h in Mesa, Arizona

[Smelser]

Summer bills are normally 250-300. Under 200 if no one is home and kids are outside. Usually 400 from October to June.

[TurboJake]

(($0.21454 * kWh used) + ($0.39450 * number of days in month)) * 1.04 (4% tax) (This month, the rate changes monthly in the decoupling and Rate realignment charges)

681kWh Costs $163.02 up here, or down here for you.
EDIT: Crossed out account number


Oh and yeah, they estimate how much power you used every other month.

[Northern]

Your Choice of:

$10.83 per month plus
14.947¢ per kilowatt hour.

or

$18.82 per month plus
Winter (December to February)
07:00 am to 12:00 pm 19.305¢/kW.h
12:00 pm to 04:00 pm 14.947¢/kW.h
04:00 pm to 11:00 pm 19.305¢/kW.h
11:00 pm to 07:00 am 8.020¢/kW.h
Non-Winter (March to November)
07:00 am to 11:00 pm 14.947¢/kW.h
11:00 pm to 07:00 am 8.020¢/kW.h


Using the first option, our bill usually ends up being ~$300 bi-monthly with 5 adults, propane heat/stove/oven, dishwasher/washing machine/dryer. Back at our apartment we would only pay ~90/mo for the two of us.

[mrsleeve]

I have 3 hydro plants with in an hours drive and one about 20 mins from me. 200amp Residential Rates are as follows

22 bucks basic charge for single phase and 42 for 3 phase
5.9 cents per KwH up to 600 a month 7.3 cents up to 3500 and 10.2 cents there after with no demand charges

When we had eletric base board and lived in a older piss poor insulated home, out monthly bill in the winter was about 275, and less than 40 in the summer and about 75-100 in the shoulder seasons. Now that we are on gas heat again its holding well at about 65 bucks a month this winter.

[Smelser]

WOW, thanks guys, compared to the east, Iam very happy with our bill.
we have no gas to cookwith so its an electric stove and dryer.

Seeing mrsleeve's post, WISH i could get those bills, we had a OPG coal plant in nanticoke close, and about 300 windmills go up. no real savings for close location for us.

[Kevinl]

your KWH charge isnt awful delivery seems high I don't know how you use 2500KWh without electric heat, Heatpump or A/C

[Smelser]

your KWH charge isnt awful delivery seems high I don't know how you use 2500KWh without electric heat, Heatpump or A/C

electric dryer, four kids. electric stove. there is a barn. its 200 amp service to the house. figure with all that, also we have cistern and a dehumidifier in the crawl space that runs off peak. cistern has to pump water every time we turn on a tap. I have been looking for ways to cut our usage. I think LED lighting is next as we can afford it.

[nando]

2500kwh is a lot, I only use about 300-400kwh in a month. But I only have 2 kids and no barn. Electric water, dryer, and stove as well.

Does your power company do rebates etc. on power efficiency? I've had insulation done and they gave me a bunch of LED lights.