Personally, I think we shouldn't worry about it. Still be mindful of usage but we don't own Marvin an explanation or extra effot to help justify the cost.
G Mike On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:51 PM, clinton paetkau <[email protected]> wrote: > also since i well no longer be spending any time at the space elevator use > will drop drastically and this will reduceelectical consumption > > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Adrian Stoness <[email protected]>wrote: > >> could be because of a meter reading being done recently and it was out >> from what hydro was reading remind marvin of this we should start help to >> insure the readings are updated to hydro regularly so these kinda bills >> don't happen >> >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> One of our electrical bills came in and caused a bit of an issue with >>> the owner, Marvin - it was $2500 and they are assuming a very large >>> portion of that is our floor. They are upset that it is high. >>> >>> The reality is that they don't understand the bill, and there are a >>> lot of misconceptions of what we do up here. Marvin complained that he >>> leased us the space as offices, not as manufacturing (this is >>> frivolous as he's making his own distinction on this and our lease >>> says nothing to this effect) and that we're running heavy equipment up >>> here 24/7. Mike Legary gave a rough estimate of our power consumption >>> at max $750/mo. - nowhere near this bill. Mike and I are meeting with >>> Marvin next Tuesday to clarify this issue. >>> >>> One thing that we need to do to make sure this situation does not >>> occur is to be mindful of our power consumption in the space - I don't >>> mean we need to cut back, but we have to understand that whatever we >>> do costs money and we are responsible for ensuring that our costs >>> don't skyrocket - otherwise the landlord WILL come back to us again. >>> There is a misconception that AssentWorks draws a lot of power and it >>> "must be them because of all that machinery" - in reality most of >>> their machinery is only running for an hour a day, and SkullSpace >>> actually uses more power than AssentWorks (the server room is probably >>> costing us around $300/mo. to run). We can no longer be of the opinion >>> that "since we don't pay for power, we can leave whatever we want >>> running." >>> >>> Over the next few months our power situation will be transforming (pun >>> intended) and our usage will change - but we will be responsible about >>> this and everything will work out! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Justin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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