Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine
Mainers spent $50 million they didn’t need to on electricity
"It would be nice if
The BDN would study all the money we've lost through wind and its transmission"
That would be ? Investigative Journalism !
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine households have unnecessarily spent about $50 million on electricity over the past four years, through a controversial competitive market that purported to offer savings.
In 2015 alone, Maine customers of “competitive electricity providers” paid a premium of $32.4 million for their power, over and above a default price set by state regulators on behalf of consumers.
That’s in addition to a total $20 million such customers could have avoided from 2012 to 2014 if they had stuck with the default price, as reported in an August investigation by the Bangor Daily News. Our investigation used federal data to compare default electric rates to prices in the competitive market.
The data give a sense of how the prices compare in aggregate but don’t necessarily show that all customers of competitive suppliers would have been better off getting the default price during these years.
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Eric A. Tuttle
The 938 was from a government link but from EIA It is a bit more since my last viewing
How much electricity does an American home use?
In 2015, the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,812 kilowatthours (kWh), an average of 901 kWh per month.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3
Nov 17, 2016
Eric A. Tuttle
My comment on loose connections, is FACT, though not to panic, but to remember to address a potential problem. It is at the connection points........... breakers, junction boxes, outlets that are the highest concern. Just a quick tightening, not an over exertion. Visual inspection, suspicions, discoloration of outlet plates and maybe others are starting places. Important is to keep these in mind to check when increases of power usage are un-explainable.
I hope he installed the appropriate switching gear to isolate it from your house panel. Or made the furnace a Cord and Plug connection device such as a blender to be powered by the generator.
Any power from the generator at 120V going back onto the line, can become upwards of 57,000 V for the linesman working outside on the utility.
I hear 'ya' on feeding a wood stove............
Nov 17, 2016
Paula D Kelso
Hubby was an electrician in the service. Lot of work in Capehart (base housing then) and tending the runway lights at Dow. [He used to play dodge 'em with his utility truck and the landing bombers on the runways.] Been very handy electrical knowledge for the last 50 years but he leaves the major - new breaker panels, wiring the new addition, kitchen and bath reno's - work to the licensed guys. Don't know what he did yesterday and not asking. He had to make two trips to Lowe's but I guess it works now.
Nov 17, 2016