The prices here are cheaper for business, the base price is actually 0.094848 for residential (plus a $20 meter reading fee every month), but they haven't charged that much in 5 years or something. A portion is deducted based on price the electric company had to pay for electricity (which for my location is 90% natural gas and 10% wind).
so here you can see price of natural gas by state:
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_epg0_peu_dmcf_m.htm
texas isn't the lowest, but, well, texas is pretty big, and it is a lot cheaper in south, SE, NE texas. re: http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngpipeline/intrastate.html
so, anyway, i've been paying about 6.5c for electricity, even though it says 9.5c. the base price for industrial is 7.15c, but it comes with a minimum charge of $475. i assume they also get a discount, but maybe not as much. still cheaper, i'm sure
there's also a different residential plan, where you get charged a $40 base fee, first 150 kWh x kW x 0.124944 (unadjusted), next 100 kWh x kW x 0.108944, excess kWh x 0.084440 (ed: fixed w/ updated rates), so, yeah, it gets cheaper if you use more
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They told me that commercial/industrial rates were higher than residential, so they're either lying or insane. They also said they won't give an industrial rate to a residence.
But what if you do your business in residential area? In large European cities many small businesses are located in multistory buildings where people also live, just occupying one of the apartments (usually on first floor).I don't know what electric prices they pay, but I think industrial because our supplier offer only two variants: "household" and "business".
BTW, professional miners could consume a lot of power which is more than grid's capacity for apartments, so upgrading to industrial consumer and extra cabling is inevitable.
Industrial prices are not always cheaper.
It has a lot to do with your location and what the local power supply comes from. The cheapest places in the country for electricity usually get it from hydroelectric. In these areas, because there are huge surpluses of energy, what will happen is that they will offer it cheaper to large businesses or sometimes business parks will even be created to house multiple new businesses.
They told me that commercial/industrial rates were higher than residential, so they're either lying or insane. They also said they won't give an industrial rate to a residence.
But what if you do your business in residential area? In large European cities many small businesses are located in multistory buildings where people also live, just occupying one of the apartments (usually on first floor).I don't know what electric prices they pay, but I think industrial because our supplier offer only two variants: "household" and "business".
BTW, professional miners could consume a lot of power which is more than grid's capacity for apartments, so upgrading to industrial consumer and extra cabling is inevitable.
I actually called my company (DTE) and asked. They told me that commercial/industrial rates were higher than residential, so they're either lying or insane. They also said they won't give an industrial rate to a residence.
One of my most recent bills was about 4,000 kWh, worked out to around $0.16/kWh.
One of my most recent bills was about 4,000 kWh, worked out to around $0.16/kWh.
I guess, there is no special needs,or people have bought amount to run
However,cooling is too wasteful, why only few people use oil to deal?
However,cooling is too wasteful, why only few people use oil to deal?
Instead of asking here, you should call up your customer service of your power company. Too many answers that won't match your own experience for this topic.
Obviously, if it were as simple as requesting it, it would have been done.
What problem is to switch to this consumer category? Minimum amount of consumption per month?
Obviously, if it were as simple as requesting it, it would have been done.
If you look electricity prices stats you can notice that the price for households is much more than for industrial users. Why not people who need large quantities of electricity just not switch to industrial category?
Is there some requirements that prevent to do this or just they don't aware about this opportunity?
Is there some requirements that prevent to do this or just they don't aware about this opportunity?
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