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Article #5301Re: help interpreting kwh meter
From: John Whitmore
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 1990 23:29
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 1990 23:29
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In article <3888@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>In article <5928@videovax.tv.tek.com>, bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden) writes:
>>
>> Actually, our power is about $0.035 per KWH up to 300 KWH and $0.043 above
>> that, so your figures are about two times too high.
>
> You don't know how lucky you are. How about this, as taken from a
>recent New York State Electric and Gas Corp. bill?
>
> First 350 kwh @ $ 0.118618
> Next 670 kwh @ $ 0.105216
>
Thanks in part to the Columbia river's many prime hydroelectric
dam sites, in Seattle, our bills come out like:
First 290 kwh @ .0207
Next 564 kwh @ .0333
* amounts billed include state utility tax at the rate of 3.852 and
Seattle occupation tax at the rate of 6.600
So, the local utility is charging about nine-tenths of the above
amount for electricity (and the anti-business and occupation tax soaks up
most of the tithe).
Rates vary seasonally; during heating season, the rate topped
out at .0503 (presumably, dollars per kilowatt-hour).
John Whitmore
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!milton!whit From: whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: help interpreting kwh meter Summary: Thanks to FDR, hydroelectric power is cheap in the northwest Message-ID: <5585@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 26 Jul 90 23:29:42 GMT References: <3877@kitty.UUCP> <5928@videovax.tv.tek.com> <3888@kitty.UUCP> Distribution: sci Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 28