Re: power to the internet

["John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>]

In article <CAL9Qcx5PkJ1RZqjrUiKoGe=1+oOwSc6zkhPFemJGn_EV2ur=Qw () mail gmail com> you write:
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> It helps that we have a 2.6GW pumped storage generation facility near
> Niagara Falls. :)

It does, but all that power goes to the munis, not the commercial
company that supplies me.  We do import a lot of hydro power from
Quebec.  There's another power plant the same size on the other side
of the river that provides power for Toronto.


> On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 5:05 PM Scott Weeks <surfer () mauigateway com> wrote:
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> > > I don't know where you live, but I pay around 38 cents/KWh. Depending
> > > on your rate, that can go up to 53 cents/KWh during peak times.
> >
> > I live in upstate New York where I pay about 8c/kwh and a fixed $15/mo
> > connection charge.  We have day/night rates available but they're not very
> > different for retail customers.  I get a slight discount due to credits
> > from remote net metering at a nearby solar farm.