Re: We NEED a blackout!

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From: GeneK
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:25

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John Higdon wrote:
> 
> Additional tiers tend to penalize large families, multiple families living
> in single-family quarters, those who work at home, and others with special
> circumstances and considerations more than they do wastrels. The fact is
> that "high-end" users typically conserve much more than "low-end" users out
> of sheer self-interest. As a "high-end" user (who has worked out of his home
> for decades), I was using high-tech fluorescents, motion-sensing light
> control and other techniques years before they became popular.

Well, this *is* the sort of behavior a tiered rate structure is intended to
encourage, and maybe if there were more people running out and getting those
flourescents and motion sensors they wouldn't be so "high end."  If you're
running a small business, whether you're doing it out of your home or out of 
an office, you're still going to be using more power, so the tier structure
could be engineered to make allowances for bonafide home businesses, likewise
multiple families, because 2 families living in one home will probably
use *less* power overall than they would if they were living in 2 separate
homes.  As far as the large families go, extra costs go with the territory
with large families, and I'm not particularly inclined to want to do anything 
about that.  People who know when to stop should enjoy *some* payback for 
their restraint.

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