Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

[Sabri Berisha <sabri () cluecentral net>]

----- On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:21 AM, nanog <nanog () nanog org> wrote: 

Hi, 

> Using the sample bill on the GA power website you linked, I see a bottom line
> price of $76.17 for 606 kWh delivered to the customer. That is effectively
> 12.57 cents per kWh.

> Utilities (both investor owned and coops) have a multitude of ways of hiding the
> effective price in a variety of fixed and variable fees not included in the
> nominal 'energy' fee. These include mandatory fixed connection fees and also
> fuel cost recovery fees that are tied to consumption.

Exactly. In a message earlier today which is held and presumably lost due to moderation, I shared screenshots of an 
actual bill of mine here in California. 

Long story short, using that bill I show that I paid a grand total of $239.14 for 656.928 KwH of electricity. That 
makes 36.4 cents per KwH. 

In addition to that, I also shared another bill, where I paid $2.63 for the privilige of providing the net with 31.993 
KwH of energy. That's right. My solar panels produced more power than I consumed and I still sponsored the crooks at 
PG&E. 

Utility companies are worse than airlines when it comes to hidden fees and surcharges. They know we have no choice. 

The only reason I want more solar panels is to give a bigger middle finger to PG&E. Nothing is a better motivator to go 
green than to see PG&E go bankrupt. It's a sad state of affairs when the disgust for the utility company's deceptive 
practices somehow outweighs the need to save the planet. Yet here we are. 
Thanks, 

Sabri