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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yep, $475 a year just to have the electricity connected. The impact of time of use pricing is interesting too - I save a few hundred dollars a year by having time of use instead of a flat rate. One with demand pricing - time of use, plus more expensive over summer - was also a close one. I might revisit the idea after summer, it could be worth changing to it for winter but if we have a hot summer and I use more air conditioning it would be expensive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah you have to look at your energy use throughout the day I suppose. Like you say we can switch during seasons.