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Re: Living with out Electricity...reply to Heather
#1 · October 12, 2001, 2:19 pm
Posted by: marli <marli@...>
Well, on some systems, it might not matter. But, with our co-op, if you are
using several big users all at the same time, you put a demand on the system
which in turn puts a demand on their supplier. It increases the "load" all
at one time. If the co-op's rate structure is such that they bill for high
demand or high load, then it could raise your bill. In the total electric
houses around here, they can go in, turn on their air conditioner or
furnace, and run a few other appliances and they will get billed a demand
charge because they used everything all at once and it created a big load on
their meter. But, if your rate structure isn't set up that way, it probably
wouldn't matter. In our area, you would have to be using quite a bit at once
to pull that demand. Does this make sense? If not, I'll ask hubby for a
better explanation. Lisa (who really has listened to hubby all these years
🙂
using several big users all at the same time, you put a demand on the system
which in turn puts a demand on their supplier. It increases the "load" all
at one time. If the co-op's rate structure is such that they bill for high
demand or high load, then it could raise your bill. In the total electric
houses around here, they can go in, turn on their air conditioner or
furnace, and run a few other appliances and they will get billed a demand
charge because they used everything all at once and it created a big load on
their meter. But, if your rate structure isn't set up that way, it probably
wouldn't matter. In our area, you would have to be using quite a bit at once
to pull that demand. Does this make sense? If not, I'll ask hubby for a
better explanation. Lisa (who really has listened to hubby all these years
🙂