Loading ...Alex Xcel in CO has a 3 tier power rate schedule now. They rip our eyeballs out with some of the highest KW cost in the nation at 27 cents a KW from 3-7pm. You know, when we are under max stress with everyone cooking and returning from work, A/C’s kicking on. We even have a problem with everyone that bought smart thermostats like Nest that have a built in feature that let’s houses cool during cold nights and them ramps back up at 6am. Crazy anyhow. Xcel also collects 17 cents during mid tier and anyone that netmeters only gets paid 8 cents, Excel rips them off.
I think we burn a crap ton of coal and natural gas, in fact we consume more AC that 4 Billion other people do in the rest of world in the USA.
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/largest-producers-of-natural-gas/
When they rebalance I’m buying a home battery, soaking up cheap KW’s during off periods and then sell back power during grid-stressed brownouts and collect the 27 cents per KW. Foaming at the mouth with that one. Can’t wait to get in on the game when net metering pays what Xcel charges. Game over soon.