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Re:The De-Electrification of the U.S. Economy by caseysoftware on Thursday April 13, 2017 @10:12PM (#14112280)
And in Austin, energy rates are 1/3 of that. If your light is on 1/3 of the time, we're down to < $1/year.

Without any time/value aspects, saving $1/year isn't on anyone's radar.. especially since the AC turning on is going to be much more.

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Re:The De-Electrification of the U.S. Economy by fnj on Friday April 14, 2017 @06:55AM (#14113698)
> And in Austin, energy rates are 1/3 of that.

Are you saying electricity delivered to the home costs 3 cents/kWh in Austin? I flat out don't believe that. We're paying over 20 cents on Cape Cod. I can believe 10 cents in some areas. 3 cents, sorry; no.

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Re:The De-Electrification of the U.S. Economy by caseysoftware on Friday April 14, 2017 @09:42AM (#14114378)
As of December, the Austin Energy rates are 2.8c/kWh at the bottom tier, ranging up to 10.8c/kWh at the top.

Once you add all the extra fees and "one time charges" that happen every month, it's more but that's the base.

Ref: http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/residential/rates/resi...

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