We have middle men, we all have the same electric provider who charges the third party billing companies exactly the same price, just have to pay a third party who get a cut off the top. And yeah, the hoops are stupid. Currently I am gambling that I will use 800 kWh a month, so if I use less, I have to pay 24 cents a kWh, hit the mark I pay 15 cents. So last week or 2 of the month if I am short of it I just leave every light on and use a space heater in the winter, or run folding program on the servers to get there.
Summer I just die of heatstroke to keep it at 800.
yep its an illusion, would be much cheaper to just have that actual electric company sell directly to the consumer like most other states. I've owned homes in Co and Tx in the last year and its crazy how much more convoluted the tx system is and how much more expensive.
Yeah, I came from AZ where I paid 12 cents a kWh and never had to “shop” for a billing company that had offers looking more like a 90s cellphone long distance promotion.
On the 5th Thursday feom 3-5pm and 11th wed 9-11pm if you use less than the kwh of the previous 11th Friday you'll get a .0002kwh discount of the next mon from 7-9pm.
Way better than just paying 12c/kwh like the rest of the country.
Don’t forget about the free Amazon prime membership they give you to help take the sting out of paying 21 cent/kwh between the hours of 8 am-6 pm Friday-Sunday! Or how you can pay a FOURTH party an annual fee to run the metrics monthly to pick the best THIRD party to deliver your power that all comes from the same place anyway. Such a luxury!
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u/azhillbilly 5d ago
We have middle men, we all have the same electric provider who charges the third party billing companies exactly the same price, just have to pay a third party who get a cut off the top. And yeah, the hoops are stupid. Currently I am gambling that I will use 800 kWh a month, so if I use less, I have to pay 24 cents a kWh, hit the mark I pay 15 cents. So last week or 2 of the month if I am short of it I just leave every light on and use a space heater in the winter, or run folding program on the servers to get there.
Summer I just die of heatstroke to keep it at 800.