The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The
way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
changes in my usage.

TB

On 1/26/2024 7:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
>
>
> The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
> first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
> look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
> to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The
> way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
> Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
> little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
> it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
> money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
> system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
> push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
> changes in my usage.
>
> TB

That sure is a big drop from $8.7 mil. Does that mean there's trouble a
brewin' in The Garden of Oregon?
--
"There are none so blind as liberals who will not see"

In article <up1rpd$37u70$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.org says...
>
> On 1/26/2024 7:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
> >
> >
> > The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
> > first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
> > look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
> > to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The
> > way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
> > Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
> > little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
> > it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
> > money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
> > system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
> > push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
> > changes in my usage.
> >
> > TB
>
> That sure is a big drop from $8.7 mil. Does that mean there's trouble a
> brewin' in The Garden of Oregon?

No, it means you don't understand how math works. The math is
working out the way PGE told me it would. It's very simple. As I said,
"The easiest way to make money is by not spending it." I'm probably
saving around $60 annually with only the few minutes of effort required
to sign in to my account twice a year. If I want to compare that with
the effort required to make money in other ways the answer is not $8.7
million.

TB

On 1/27/2024 12:11 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
> In article <up1rpd$37u70$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.org says...
>>
>> On 1/26/2024 7:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
>>> first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
>>> look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
>>> to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The
>>> way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
>>> Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
>>> little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
>>> it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
>>> money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
>>> system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
>>> push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
>>> changes in my usage.
>>>
>>> TB
>>
>> That sure is a big drop from $8.7 mil. Does that mean there's trouble a
>> brewin' in The Garden of Oregon?
>
> No, it means you don't understand how math works. The math is
> working out the way PGE told me it would. It's very simple. As I said,
> "The easiest way to make money is by not spending it." I'm probably
> saving around $60 annually with only the few minutes of effort required
> to sign in to my account twice a year. If I want to compare that with
> the effort required to make money in other ways the answer is not $8.7
> million.
>
> TB
Regardless, that's a lot less than the $8.7 mil you saved a year of so ago.
--
"There are none so blind as liberals who will not see"

In article <up1rpd$37u70$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.org says...
>
> On 1/26/2024 7:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
> >
> >
> > The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
> > first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
> > look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
> > to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The
> > way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
> > Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
> > little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
> > it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
> > money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
> > system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
> > push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
> > changes in my usage.
> >
> > TB
>
> That sure is a big drop from $8.7 mil. Does that mean there's trouble a
> brewin' in The Garden of Oregon?

That's just more jive ass math. Along with my biggest power bill
ever I also got a $31 savings during the last billing period, compared
to what I would have paid at the "basic" rate. "With great power, comes
great savings." Or something like that.

TB

On 1/28/2024 3:52 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
> In article <up1rpd$37u70$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.org says...
>>
>> On 1/26/2024 7:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The price of electricity went up by 18% here and I just got my
>>> first bill since then. The shock was enough to get me to take a closer
>>> look at my "time of day" price for electricity. So far, since I changed
>>> to time of day pricing last March, I have saved a grand total of $5. The
>>> way things are going, I might have saved $25 or $30 by the end of the
>>> Winter. They warned me about this. The way I use electricity I lose a
>>> little money on time of day pricing during the Summer. Spring and Fall
>>> it works out about the same with either pricing system. I save some
>>> money on time of day pricing during the Winter. If I start gaming the
>>> system and changing the pricing system during the Summer I figure I can
>>> push my savings up to over $60 a year, without making significant
>>> changes in my usage.
>>>
>>> TB
>>
>> That sure is a big drop from $8.7 mil. Does that mean there's trouble a
>> brewin' in The Garden of Oregon?
>
> That's just more jive ass math. Along with my biggest power bill
> ever I also got a $31 savings during the last billing period, compared
> to what I would have paid at the "basic" rate. "With great power, comes
> great savings." Or something like that.
>
> TB

You're the one that did the "honky" math. I'm just repeating the numbers
you quoted. Fire up your wayback machine and fact check yourself.
--
"There are none so blind as liberals who will not see"