11 Mar
2010
11 Mar
'10
4:52 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
Check your last bill, it is supposed to show the cost
per kw/h used. Also
most power companies - due to deregulation, and sharing of their power line
infrastructure with competitors, charge a line usage fee which is generally
the same cost as your power costs - even if you use the original power
company - to make it fair, they too will charge the line usage fee. (how it
that fair?!?!?) So if your bill was $50 this month, it is generally then
$100 for the month, then the taxes, fees, etc... get heaped ontop of that
and before you know it you're paying like $135 for your monthly bill...
Now, once Obama passes the "Cap & Kill Jobs" energy bill, expect your
energy costs to go up another 33% - oh joy!!! :-/
I don't have a power bill handy. My wife has all that. I sent her an email
asking for the real number. That number above I got from their website.
I found another site that showed power cost charge averages across the
country. For our area it's really something like 8.3c a kw/h. So that
makes some sense.
I doubt cap & trade will pass. Too many people are pissed at congress and
they're already worried about reelection over the health care thing.
brian