[VHFcontesting] Maine Wind Power

[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

$.09.2 Houston area.  100% natural gas fired boilers.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022, 08:35 David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:

> I made a simple mistake and got the decimal point in the wrong spot. I
> am paying about 25 cents per kwh not 2 1/2 cents. Sorry, but that
> decimal point sure messed up the story!
>
> The electric company in Maine is under attack as it is owned by a
> foreign corporation, (Boo... Hiss...) and if that wasn't enough, they
> had lots of losses from a few wind and ice storms that hurt the bottom
> line. They managed to get an 85% rate increase and our electric rates
> really jumped up.   So running a 1500 watt linear amp consumes about3000
> to 3300 watts of AC power.  A 48 hour contest will cost you about $20 now.
>
> My electric bill is front loaded, so using more power nets you a drop in
> the kWh rate, but the 24.9 cent figure was based on a usage of about
> 1500 kWh per month.
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
>
> On 3/9/2022 8:19 AM, Roger(WA1NVC) Coulson wrote:
> > "I am not sure what happened, but I am now paying $0.0249 per kilowatt
> > hour! All this makes me want to go QRP!" - K1WHS
> >
> > I know Maine gets a lot of its electricity from wind power but ...
> > $0.0249 / KWH ???
> >
> > The hams in Maine must be talking up a storm to get the electric rates
> > down to $0.0249 / KWH!!!
> >
> > On a serious note, take your monthly electric bill and divide by the
> > KWH's used.
> >
> > My average rate is $0.30 per KWH here in eastern MA.  Where are you
> > getting electricity so cheap?
> >
> > Roger
> > WA1NVC
> >
> >
> >
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