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Article #2131Re: Edmonton Power
From: ve6yj
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00
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In article <5daa44$jc6$1@news.sas.ab.ca>, ljp@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () wrote: > >Edmonton Power sent us a chart showing our power usage, monthly, for the >last 13 months. They then estimated the January usage at 25% over our >highest consumption. Did Edmonton Power do this to everyone or just a >lucky few? > >It seems like a quick way to generate cash. > Even if it is, it ought to level out at the next reading. Actual readings should be getting collected as input to every other billing cycle. Besides, you're getting off easy. The city residential power rate is only 6.6 cents per kilowatt/hour. We're getting right fucked over here in the rurals with TransAlta Ukeleles who are selling the stuff off to us at 7.58 cents per kilowatt hour. Thanks, in no small part to the EEMA (Electrical Energy Marketing Agreement) which should have been shit-canned years ago ...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 114977,21ffcf51bcaa8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid114977,public X-Google-Thread: 10d2a3,21ffcf51bcaa8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d2a3,public From: ve6yj@compusmart.ab.ca Subject: Re: Edmonton Power Date: 1997/02/06 Message-ID: <5dbjiu$j2k_001@compusmart.ab.ca> X-Deja-AN: 214782024 references: <5daa44$jc6$1@news.sas.ab.ca> organization: Acme Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactors newsgroups: can.consumers,edm.general