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[Eddy Swynar]

On 2012-04-27, at 12:04 PM, chacuff wrote:

> I've never know of a utillity to give away power...

Welcome to Ontario...!

> usually when the power flows to another utillity on the grid it is billed at a wholesale rate...

It's not, believe me. The newspapers say we GIVE it away, and throw in MILLIONS to make the "deal" acceptable.

> I'm not sure stock holders would allow a give away.(of course this may be government owned generation)  

It's government owned---natch!


> 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.

Why worry about profit when you have millions of tax payers footing the bill?

> 
> 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.

Here in Ontario there is NO option to opt out: smart meters are universal.

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ