"BLACK & WHITE" three dog night
Somethings just aren't "Black & White" some things are darn near impossible to figure out. Like my Painesville City Electric Bill.
Electric bills are not like a gallon of milk it's $2.99 a gallon and you can compare shop pretty easily.
Now electric bills are a whole different animal. I recently received my monthly utility bill from the City of Painesville. No matter what I cut out or cut back on it seems to grow all by itself.
Last month my total electric bill was $88.01 for 764 kwh of electricity.
$53.08 divided by 764 equals 0.0694764
$34.93 was my "power cost adjustment".
$88.01 for the electric portion of the bill.
I check the Ohio PUCO website that has an area on it comparing apples to apples. [more confusion]
My sister who lives in the township has First Energy along with something called [NOPEC]
Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council
What would 764 KWH cost on First Energy's plan?
$47.87 divided by 764 equals 0.0626658 [ That number is spelled out on her bill\
$28.00 First Energy Transportation fee per billing cycle
$75.87 for the First Energy cost of the Bill.
A saving of $12.14 ??? I was told Painesville power was cheaper?
I attended the City of Painesville Council Meeting tonight 09/17/12 and presented these figures to council and the administration.
I was expecting howls of you missed this or that, or a response of your arithmetic is faulty. What I got was silence.
If any of you have any idea where or what mistake I have made , please leave a corrected answer.
*******************************************************************************************
Speaking of council. Council approved the bids for the Shamrock Blvd. bridge and roadway extension. A city resident wondered if it was wise to only be two lanes instead of four?
The CM said the structure of the bridge will be built to add two lanes in the near future? Wouldn't it be cheaper and less troublesome to just build the bridge for four lanes to start with?
The fence on Main St. was addressed and the CM claimed it was the city's right of way and being so no planning, zoning, council had to be involved? Councilman Flock brought up the American Disability Act and the CM said she would investigate if it conformed to law.
posted by terminator1 @ 7:02 PM
8 Comments
8 Comments:
You also probaly did not add in any kilowat tax Painesville charges as well.
Take the end total of both bills with the gobbledygook added all together and divide by energy used, this will give you an apples to apples comparison.
Your city council stooges are just like Galions, except in Galion they LIE right to your faces... too many people know what is going on, it can no longer be hidden or ignored... just wait until January when the full brunt hits Painesville .. you really have seen nothing yet.
This is first band of wind from a full blown category five financial Hurricane that will go on for decades. Be sure to remember those that voted for these contracts. Painesville residents do have the option to recall and throw out of office everyone of them, if you have the gumption.
7:18 the last time I checked about three years ago we were 24% cheaper on residential rates than First Energy. I really hope may math is wrong. I will expect atleast one councilperson to explain my mistake at the next council meeting.
Your math is correct I have checked mine against First Energy several times over the years and they usually come close to being the same and sometimes First Energy cheaper. Once again using total bill divided by Kilowatt hours used.
If electrical choice has not arrived yet in the area it soon will as well driving down costs even further in PUCO regulated areas.
This has been going on in the Cincy, Dayton, Columbus areas for two years now reducing costs another 20% of of rack rates. Slowly spreading northward county by county.
In Columbus, people can pick and choose from 5 seperate electric energy companies now.
What do you think if Painesville only had one gas station in town ? What do you think they would charge per gallon of fuel ?
Hundreds of communities have or are doing this in the PRAIRIE STATE area reducing energy needs by millions of watts.
http://www.wmfd.com/local-news/single.asp?story=51960
Who is going to buy the excess power from this plant ?
NOBODY SOON
That fence you seem so fond of on Main St. Did you ever think the owners of the establishment didn't want to have a fence but were forced to by the city? Maybe all they wanted were a couple of tables and some chairs yet someone at city hall believed a fence was needed?
Now if your still interested about the fence on Main St. go to the archives to July 2008. This ain't the first time. July 29,2008 BIAS IN PAINESVILLE.
What started off as an awning in front of a businesses progressed into Mexican car lots, Dr. Hanlon and Carbone Construction.....
Things haven't changed much, Uh?
I love the fence. It shows that a business on Main St is open and bringing in business. The city made them put it up. So, with that said - fix up the rest of Main St. If I rented over there, I'd be embarrassed to bring anyone over. That 170 main is awful to look at. Garbage bags over the windows. At least copy quest building decorates the front. I also wouldn't be surprised if the apartments are not up to code. How does that happen? Politics I suppose
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home