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MrFixitSC
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Moncks Corner, SC | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! significant reduction? | |
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1 edit |  Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great!
Edit: Converted the savings into a percentage to make it easier for anyone to estimate the savings of using Con-Ed as a provider. | |
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billh491
join:2001-08-09
Pomfret Center, CT | Forgive me if I missed something in the past threads but is it 10% off the generation or 10% off your whole bill. | |
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sirchief
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Cromwell, CT | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! Would you happen to have a link to the on-line form?
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join:2001-07-02
Naugatuck, CT | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! I went to the site but the drop down menu on the left for picking my utility gives me no option. I made sure all other fields are filled out...including the state. Wonder what gives? | |
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join:2001-07-02
Naugatuck, CT
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1 edit | This is the message I get. I do not see any place to put this info. Help!
Your Key Code is a required field. It must be 4 characters in length.
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Your Rate Code is a required field.
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I am currently with Direct Energy if that makes a difference. | |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT
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| said by Sky King  :Your Key Code is a required field. It must be 4 characters in length. Please validate your input. Your Rate Code is a required field. Please validate your input. BA is a required field. Please validate your input. I am currently with Direct Energy if that makes a difference. No, but it makes a difference that you weren't using Internet Explorer or had some scripting disabled. | |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | Do they force you to go with a standard rate or can you use a rate-time plan? I did the math for switching from UI to any other provider some 1 year ago and it was always more than the "net" I'm paying (I use most energy off-peak). | |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | Called Levco and they offer 10.8... even better. Bye-Bye UI | |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT
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| Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! said by pandora :said by cowboyro :Called Levco and they offer 10.8... even better. Bye-Bye UI 10.8 is not better than the 10.49 Con-Ed rate. Con-ed offers 11.5 in my area, not 10.49 | |
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join:2001-07-02
Naugatuck, CT
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4 edits | Contract terms ending on Feb 28 ,2010 11.50
Why would they offer me a rate of 11.50 when others are getting 10.49?
You can choose the type of electricity you purchase and the price structure.
Fixed Price Options
ConEdison Solutions' fixed price for the supply portion of your electricity bill is guaranteed
for the term of your agreement. Selecting a fixed price eliminates the risk of price
volatility and may allow you to better plan your expenses.
With Direct Energy it is 331.00kwh x 0.129900
Should I switch...it seems like the 11.5 is cheaper then the rate I am paying with Direct Energy? I have trouble reading these darn things.
Just got off the phone with Levco and they offered me 10.49..if I heard correctly. They are sending me the form so I can switch.
More news. I just checked out Public Power & Utility Inc. here:
»www.ppandu.com/esg/
Top of the page...they are offering 10.48
Price: Customer will receive electricity from Public Power & Utility, Inc at a floating generation rate. PP&U customers agree and understand that any potential savings will fluctuate with month-to-month market conditions. PP&U customers will maintain a not to exceed price of at least 5% below current CL&P or UI standard generation service rates. See home page for current rates. | |
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join:2001-07-02
Naugatuck, CT | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! Public Power is matching it so I am going with them. | |
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sirchief
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join:2001-12-14
Cromwell, CT
| said by pandora :I think Co-Ed is offering .1049 for CL&P customers and .1150 for UI customers, based on what has been discovered in this thread. If Levco / Dominion is matching the .1049 rate, go for it! I have CL&P and I am just getting around to going to the on-line form. Con-Ed is offering 11.5, my current rate is $0.122170. So, there is still a small savings.
Question....Do the Con-Ed charges appear on the same bill as the CL&P charges? | |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | My rate is 11.45/14.96 cents/kWh for generation. Coned offered 11.5 flat so it's tempting... will also look into alternate providers... | |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | One thing to note - Public Power & Utility offers a floating rate which can (and almost certainly will) go up based on how much UI/CL&P charge (UI has just increased rates). Levco offers a fixed rate guaranteed for 1 year. | |
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join:2001-07-02
Naugatuck, CT
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| Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! As long as Public Power's rates stay lower then the other suppliers it is still a good deal. They have a historical rates chart at their site. Granted it is for a short period but that is the good thing about not having a contract, a person can change providers. A quote from their website below:
"Price: Customer will receive electricity from Public Power & Utility, Inc at a floating generation rate. PP&U customers agree and understand that any potential savings will fluctuate with month-to-month market conditions. PP&U customers will maintain a not to exceed price of at least 5% below current CL&P or UI standard generation service rates. See home page for current rates."
Seems to me it is like a said above, they will consistently be priced below the other suppliers listed above. Believe me, I do not have a "dog" in this fight, I will always try to go with the cheapest and if that if not Public Power...bye bye. I have no personal experience with the company and I am making my decision strictly on price. Good luck on everyone's energy search. I am trying to save in all areas, not just on energy. Cannot wait to retire and move south. I will save over 4,000 a year on property taxes alone. That is big bucks when living on a fixed income. A person can make it on as little as 2,000 per month in some places I have researched. | |
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gregamy
join:2003-05-22
Middletown, CT | I just noticed on this month's CL&P bill that the "monthly service charge" went up a buck to $16...and that the "off peak" rate is up to 11.32c... | |
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gregamy
join:2003-05-22
Middletown, CT
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| Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! said by pandora :If you are paying 11.32c off peak, and I'm paying 10.49c regardless of time, guess who is paying less for the same amount of electricity. Uhhh, hmmm....that's a toughie....
Couple things, though: one, I contracted to retain the multi-rate for at least a year (I have until late Spring); and two, I actually come out ahead since I have a PV array that generates most of its power - at least half of all we use - during the day at the higher rate (14.8c, I think?)
But, absent that, you're absolutely correct that switching to another provider would be much better. - GA | |
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Nightwing
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join:2002-04-08
CT | I just received a letter from Levco in the mail. They are offering $.104 per kWh through Dominion versus $.12217 from CL&P. | |
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laprjns
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join:2002-03-11
Ellington, CT | I signed up with Dominion for a fixed rate of $0.104 per KWH through the rest of this year. | |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | Levco/Dominion offered me $0.105 so I signed up  | |
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ColbyC
join:2009-04-20
Watertown, CT
| I just received my March bill from CL&P with Public Power & Utility as the generation service provider and I was pleasantly surprised to see a real savings in my bill. The rate charged per kilowatt hour went from .122170 for CL&P to .1048 and I saved right around $25. Here's the link to enroll: www.iloweredmyelectricbill.com/ppu
Like my brother who sold me on it said, "It doesn't cost anything so why not switch, it's a no-brainer". | |
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ColbyC
join:2009-04-20
Watertown, CT | I just got my CL&P Bill, and I saved $22 by switching to Public Power & Utility. Just go to www.iloweredmyelectricbill.com/ppu to enroll, it's easy, it's free, and the savings are great. | |
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billh491
join:2001-08-09
Pomfret Center, CT | I just went to the website and the online sign up is not even a secure website! Then at the bottom of the page it says "Not comfortable signing up online? Then give me a call at 888.60LOWER" Call me? Is this a guy in his parents basement? | |
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billh491
join:2001-08-09
Pomfret Center, CT | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! I went to www.iloweredmyelectricbill.com/ppu it is the website that looks like it was made in 1994. | |
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billh491
join:2001-08-09
Pomfret Center, CT | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! pandora I am sure the site you endorse is fine I checked it out. I guess I should have been more clear I was commenting on Colbyc and the site he had talked about and to let others know the site looks a bit sketchy. | |
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komuui
@comcast.net | If you're unhappy with ConEd (just curious) what would you have to do to get switched back to CLP?
Also, how does this work exactly? Why does CLP allow ConEd to undercut their prices while using their infrastructure? | |
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ptrowski
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
clubs: | I just signed up today. I went from $.1221 with CL&P down to $.1098 with ConEd. | |
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meskinct
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clubs: | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! Me too! | |
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1 edit | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great!
Now the folks who created this disaster want to nuke it again, and trap us with higher rates without any possible escape. 
Do our representatives run on a ticket against voters? I don't know how some of them get elected.
Edit: I suspect the state wants to trap customers into "green" power mandates which will make electricity produced in Connecticut very expensive even from where it is today.
Here is a link to the N.Y. Times story about deregulation and how it was supposed to help us back in 1998 - »www.nytimes.com/1998/04/16/nyreg···ion.html
From the link - ''We can't become a state that stands like an ostrich with our head in the sand while our sister states become competitive,'' Representative Moira K. Lyons, the House Democratic Majority Leader, said, adding that with the third-highest rates in the nation, Connecticut could only benefit from deregulation. Still, many states have balked at passing such legislation, and the Connecticut bill met resistance from some lawmakers who said they felt it included too many handouts to the state's two electric utilities, Northeast Utilities and United Illuminating.
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ptrowski
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clubs: | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! I guess I should check to see if my order went from "pending" to "approved". | |
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laprjns
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Ellington, CT | ok, just got my first bill using Dominion for generation services. Dominion rate is 0.104/kwh vs CL&P at 0.12217/kwh (that's what I paid last month). This is a 14.9% saving for generation and this month work out to be a 10.4% saving overall ($22.23) | |
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prashp1
join:2004-06-29
Danbury, CT
| Hello. I currently have ConEd for $.1049. Today, in the mail I got from Levco an offer for $.1030 until December 31, 2009. If I switch, does ConEd charge cancellation fee or do I have to keep ConEd for 1 year, I signed up in Jan or Feb of this year from the ConEd site. Thanks | |
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sirchief
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join:2001-12-14
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| said by meskinct :Wow, how long does a switch take? I have the print out from when I signed up for Con-man on 4/29 but my latest bill arrived this weekend a still shows me on CL&P's standard service. Same thing here. I switched on 4/24 and the bill has not yet reflected the switch. | |
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orion940
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join:2001-12-23
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1 edit | Re: [House&Home] Electric bill arrived and it looks great! It can take up to two months. It depends on where in the cycle you put in. There's an email they sent you, there is a link/contact info in there. You might want to check it out with ConEd.
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | Got my bill, of course the savings weren't major, but didn't expect a major thing. Only 23% of my usage is peak, and half of that is distribution anyway... but it's still some $20/mo that I'm saving. | |
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