tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922503085503427986.post2912928354491506037..comments2024-03-28T08:13:43.922-07:00Comments on Desert Home: Fighting With The Power Companydavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608589214882334649noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922503085503427986.post-45118493712980365692015-10-20T08:27:43.024-07:002015-10-20T08:27:43.024-07:00Oh, about getting a reply: Yes I did eventually ge...Oh, about getting a reply: Yes I did eventually get some closure on this irritation. They replaced my meter and things settled down to a more reasonable level. I have that interaction posted somewhere on this blog.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608589214882334649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922503085503427986.post-48060380724000804252015-10-20T08:26:20.705-07:002015-10-20T08:26:20.705-07:00I was fooled for a minute on this and almost agree...I was fooled for a minute on this and almost agreed that it was a mistake, however it's correct (for the time, it's even more now). See, this is not a normal usage charge where they charge you for the kW you use, this is a special charge for using a lot during the peak period.<br /><br />They measure the max usage over an hour and charge me a ton for that one hour of high usage regardless of my overall usage. It's only an one hour out of the month, but you can see what the result is on a monthly bill.<br /><br />They still do this, but I've managed to keep the 'demand' number low for the last few years and don't have to worry much about it. I did it through monitoring the power usage constantly and adjusting my use of appliances to keep that 'demand' number down as low as is reasonable.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608589214882334649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922503085503427986.post-58525982858113672592015-10-20T08:08:44.332-07:002015-10-20T08:08:44.332-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608589214882334649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922503085503427986.post-10527453556617611662015-10-20T00:42:33.918-07:002015-10-20T00:42:33.918-07:00I'm just starting to read your blog from the b...I'm just starting to read your blog from the beginning, so forgive me if you might have updated this in a future posting. First of all, are you really talking about 13.404 DOLLARS per kW or did you actually mean CENTS? I'm not familiar with energy pricing in the States at the moment, but here in Germany one Kilowatt costs a just under 30 Eurocents in average (which at the current exchange rate correlates to about 35 US-cents). So your would be paying more than 65-times as much as we do here in Germany. I've lived in New Mexico for a few years and don't remember prices being that high.<br /><br />And second: Did you ever get a call back about their price-measuring habits?<br /><br />Greets,Beejay (A fellow energy measuring, home automating tinkerer from Germany)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com