I've never know of a utillity to give away power...usually when the power
flows to another utillity on the grid it is billed at a wholesale rate...I'm
not sure stock holders would allow a give away.(of course this may be
government owned generation) Certainly any excess capacity should be sold,
especially at a rate that would be in excess of the fuel and operating costs
required to generate and transmit it. Usually it's at a premium and quite
profitable for the utillity with the excess capacity.
Demand billing usually has options in it as well that allow you to opt out
but at a higher rate per KWH than if you opt in and use energy during the
off peak hours.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddy Swynar" <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
To: <herbs@vitelcom.net>
Cc: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Home Depot LED bulb interference.
> Hi Herb,
>
> Don't feel bad...I think I can top that.
>
> Here in the much-vaunted LAND OF NO---i.e. the province of Ontario---our
> powers-that-be recently brought-in universal "smart" power meters,
> followed almost immediately by "...pay per time of use" variable prices
> for kilowatt hours, i.e. if you do your laundry at 3:00 in the morning,
> you'll pay less than if you were to do the wash at 3:00 in the
> afternoon...
>
> But wait! There's more...!
>
> Our provincial politicos have jumped on the "green eco wagon": now they
> want to force wind turbines down the collective throats of residents in
> otherwise serene rural and lakeshore landscapes...and the cost per
> kilowatt hour for the electricity generated by those things...? A whopping
> $0.80!
>
> But wait! There's more...!
>
> We all have to conserve, CONSERVE, C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E!!! Or so we're
> lectured. Well, we are conserving in Ontario, alright---to the tune that
> at times our province has excess capacity. So what do our politicos do to
> remedy the situation...?
>
> They give the surplus electricity away to our neighbours in Quebec, New
> York, and Michigan just so that they'll take it off our hands---AND WE PAY
> THEM (LITERALLY) MILLION$ OF DOLLAR$ to relieve us of it!
>
> There you go: "Stupid is, as stupid does". So all you guys running
> kilowatts in VE2- / W8- / W2-land can thank us hapless VE3 taxpayers for
> helping to subsidize your QRO addiction, Hi Hi (If this wasn't for real,
> you'd swear it was all fabricated---but you just can NOT make-up stuff
> like this.)
>
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
>
> On 2012-04-05, at 5:16 PM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
>
>> I just don't understand physics it seems....as how can there be that
>> much energy savings if so much heat is produced and must be dissipated?
>> Here in the VI when the power company increased the rates to over $40
>> per KWH everyone bought the cheap CFL bulbs after the energy office made
>> a big promotion on radio and TV about how much money would be saved in
>> the process. Well there was less consumption and people bills were
>> slightly lower with this and other energy saving moves like turning of
>> the electric water heater, going to gas stoves, and unplugging the
>> freezer part of the day. OK fine but when the power company noticed a
>> reduction on accounts receivables, and found it difficult to make bond
>> payment on debt service...guess what? They just increased the per KWH
>> charge to about 50 cents per KWH!
>>
>> So whats the point in saving a few watts anyway if these LED beasties
>> cause RFI? in fact i like the old incandescent bulbs that haven't
>> changed much since Thomas Edison and others in UK and Russia invented
>> them. plus i like the fact that when I key my rig on TB the outside
>> lights at night go off and on. (Just kidding of course)
>>
>>
>> Herb, KV4FZ
>>
>
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