From: ganthony@gmail.org
On 4/6/2024 1:01 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
> In article <_hfQN.385489$q3F7.207381@fx45.iad>, redydog@rye.net says...
>> Subject: Re: Time of day pricing - the final chapter
>> From: bfh
>> Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
>>
>> Technobarbarian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> My expiriment with time of day pricing for electricity is ending
>>> soon. It looks like it was an expiriment for the electric company too.
>>> The time of day pricing program ends at the end of 2024.
>>
>> Did they give a reason for why they're ending it?
>>
>
> They didn't say. My guess is that this was an expiriment to see
> how much they could cut peak demand and they didn't cut it enough to pay
> for what it cost them.
>
> Originally they told me that if I continued to use electricity the
> way I had been using it I would save around $30 a year, with all the
> real savings during the Winter. On Sundays and late at night I pay
> almost nothing for electricity. The rest of the time I pay a premium
> over the regular residential rate and the premium is higher during peak
> use hours. The biggest problem in all of that for me is that, like many
> people, I'm frequently not home for most of Sunday. I shifted the load a
> bit, but most of my savings was because of our regular use pattern and a
> rate increase. IOW I don't think I helped them cut peak demand by a
> significan't amount, and they know this from their records.
>
> I plan to be in Seaside this Sunday. I had hoped to be digging for
> razor clams early Monday morning, but it looks like it's going to be too
> wet for that. The clams tend to hide out during rain storms. Ah well,
> it's the coast and the beaches. We'll find something to do.
>
> TB
So, the "experiment" failed.
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