sapoCruising Down Memory Lane Premium Member join:2002-09-16 Sacramento, CA |
sapo
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2011-May-8 7:10 am
SmartmetersI now have a SMUD smartmeter for power and a PG&E smartmeter for gas. Smart enough to charge me more, thats about it. Lame lame lame. |
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PrntRhd Premium Member join:2004-11-03 Fairfield, CA 1 edit |
PrntRhd
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2011-May-8 10:52 am
Enables congestion pricing, ie allows spikes in the price just like Enron. So you run laundry in non-peak hours, and you charge your electric car on non-peak hours. |
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Gbcue Premium Member join:2001-09-30 Santa Rosa, CA |
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2011-May-8 4:24 pm
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said by sapo:I now have a SMUD smartmeter for power and a PG&E smartmeter for gas. Smart enough to charge me more, thats about it. Lame lame lame. Stop your peak-time usage. |
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sapoCruising Down Memory Lane Premium Member join:2002-09-16 Sacramento, CA |
sapo
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2011-May-8 5:39 pm
Yeah basically get a job graveyard shift job, don't bother with the AC, and everything else. Pretty obvious that if it didn't increase their bottom line they wouldn't install this. |
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PrntRhd Premium Member join:2004-11-03 Fairfield, CA |
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The enviros could not get a straight up "carbon tax" passed in the legislature, so they pushed this to raise prices to encourage consumers to cut back. It also is easier to make up some of the shortfall of the 30% renewable energy mandate if they limit peak consumption. |
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Boricua Premium Member join:2002-01-26 Sacramuerto |
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I got the same sh*t and am none too happy. SMUD is truly SMUT overprice POS . |
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JohnInSJ Premium Member join:2003-09-22 Aptos, CA |
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Weird. My bill didn't change at all. |
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sapoCruising Down Memory Lane Premium Member join:2002-09-16 Sacramento, CA |
sapo
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2011-May-10 3:57 pm
Not summer yet, that will be a cash cow. |
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JohnInSJ Premium Member join:2003-09-22 Aptos, CA |
JohnInSJ
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2011-May-10 5:16 pm
said by sapo:Not summer yet, that will be a cash cow. Had it last summer too, so - uh, yeah. Whatever. No change last summer, over the one before, either. Our usage is fairly consistent year over year with minor variations based on the specifics of the weather. |
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sapoCruising Down Memory Lane Premium Member join:2002-09-16 Sacramento, CA
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sapo
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2011-May-10 5:26 pm
So you are the exception to the rule, great. Pishh yeah, whatever girlfriend *snaps fingers*. |
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Pope Premium Member join:2001-08-05 Napa, CA |
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2011-May-13 12:20 am
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Interesting topic. I didn't see a letter from PG&E regarding time based billing here. We had a smart meter installed 2-3 months ago.
I did notice that I have dropped my energy bill by 20-25% vs same month in 2010, and I only have a 9% lower bill overall. It must be nice to have a monopoly on a utility. |
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