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" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
