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Post by rberq » Tue. Aug. 05, 2014 12:51 pm

samhill wrote: 75/gal & super insulated ... it was free from the power Co. including installation & a lifetime 24/7 warranty
:!: That's quite a deal! How much do you pay per KWH, total for generation plus delivery. (Our rate is about 16 cents, and there are no offers like that.)

 
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Post by samhill » Tue. Aug. 05, 2014 4:19 pm

Rburg, don't know how to make heads or tails out of this bill but it says the price to compare is .062860/kWh but it's a rural co-op Northwestern Rural Electric Co-OP which is part of a large Co-OP & according to the last meeting on Sat. as a matter of fact they only had to buy a little under 20% of power off the grid & produce most ourselves. Being a Co-OP there aren't a lot of stock holders to pay. I as a member along with everyone else in it has one share & we get a real small dividend check once a year but enjoy relatively low rates & good service.

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. Aug. 05, 2014 5:46 pm

samhill wrote:Rburg, don't know how to make heads or tails out of this bill but it says the price to compare is .062860/kWh but it's a rural co-op Northwestern Rural Electric Co-OP which is part of a large Co-OP & according to the last meeting on Sat. as a matter of fact they only had to buy a little under 20% of power off the grid & produce most ourselves. Being a Co-OP there aren't a lot of stock holders to pay. I as a member along with everyone else in it has one share & we get a real small dividend check once a year but enjoy relatively low rates & good service.
For your actual delivered cost you must divide the price you pay by the KWH's you consume. Your rate as to actual electricity sounds pretty mainstream typical, but the cost of the electricity is generally only about half of the actual delivered cost.


 
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Post by grumpy » Tue. Aug. 05, 2014 7:07 pm

Well here we go, power back on today 3pm, at 5pm bang bang, or more like buzz buzz, then it went out, that same door opened again, I spoke to the linemen and they said they did not find anything. Waiting for a crew to show but I bet another night without power..

I really want that Kubota diesel genset now, my gas one is on its last leg....

 
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Post by samhill » Tue. Aug. 05, 2014 7:50 pm

Isayre, your pretty much right on, it's 0.119712 or around 12 cents a KWH. I never said it was the cheapest but the service has been really reliable when you consider all the hazards of a rural area & we go to meetings on a regular basis to elect local officials & have a meal with guest speakers & such explaining all the programs. Some are really interesting while others are not but we do get to vote on any big projects & like my water heater, it turned out to be a lot cheaper for us than the propain but for a big family maybe not so but my old one was the type that needed the electric exhaust fan & was over 15 years old so I figured it worked for us.

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. Aug. 05, 2014 8:03 pm

samhill wrote:Isayre, your pretty much right on, it's 0.119712 or around 12 cents a KWH. I never said it was the cheapest but the service has been really reliable when you consider all the hazards of a rural area & we go to meetings on a regular basis to elect local officials & have a meal with guest speakers & such explaining all the programs. Some are really interesting while others are not but we do get to vote on any big projects & like my water heater, it turned out to be a lot cheaper for us than the propain but for a big family maybe not so but my old one was the type that needed the electric exhaust fan & was over 15 years old so I figured it worked for us.
I'm at $0.133 to $0.135 per KWH, so $0.1197 sounds pretty good to me. About 11% less than I'm paying.

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