power to the internet

Thu Jan 2 23:04:53 UTC 2020

In article <CAL9Qcx5PkJ1RZqjrUiKoGe=1+oOwSc6zkhPFemJGn_EV2ur=Qw at mail.gmail.com> you write:
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>It helps that we have a 2.6GW pumped storage generation facility near
>Niagara Falls. :)

It does, but all that power goes to the munis, not the commercial
company that supplies me.  We do import a lot of hydro power from
Quebec.  There's another power plant the same size on the other side
of the river that provides power for Toronto.

>On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 5:05 PM Scott Weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com> wrote:
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>> > I don't know where you live, but I pay around 38 cents/KWh. Depending
>> > on your rate, that can go up to 53 cents/KWh during peak times.
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>> I live in upstate New York where I pay about 8c/kwh and a fixed $15/mo
>> connection charge.  We have day/night rates available but they're not very
>> different for retail customers.  I get a slight discount due to credits
>> from remote net metering at a nearby solar farm.