On 2012-04-27, at 12:04 PM, chacuff wrote:
> I've never know of a utillity to give away power...
Welcome to Ontario...!
> usually when the power flows to another utillity on the grid it is billed at
> a wholesale rate...
It's not, believe me. The newspapers say we GIVE it away, and throw in MILLIONS
to make the "deal" acceptable.
> I'm not sure stock holders would allow a give away.(of course this may be
> government owned generation)
It's government owned---natch!
> Certainly any excess capacity should be sold, especially at a rate that would
> be in excess of the fuel and operating costs required to generate and
> transmit it. Usually it's at a premium and quite profitable for the utillity
> with the excess capacity.
Why worry about profit when you have millions of tax payers footing the bill?
>
> Demand billing usually has options in it as well that allow you to opt out
> but at a higher rate per KWH than if you opt in and use energy during the off
> peak hours.
Here in Ontario there is NO option to opt out: smart meters are universal.
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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