This led me to go squint at my electric bill again, but I still can't figure out my actual cost per kilowatt-hour. I appear to pay a $10 base fee for the privilege of having electricity, $10.18 per kilowatt for the first seven "on-peak" kilowatts (of which I appear to be charged for 1.64 kW this month), about 4 cents per kilowatt-hour "delivery charge" (I have 236 kilowatt-hours on this bill), a separate "Power Supply Charge - Winter" of about 3 cents per kilowatt-hour, a $3 "Renewable Energy Standard Tariff", and then a bunch of dribs and drabs like sales tax and City Franchise Fee and State Transportation Authority Tax. Total bill for April, $55.
(I have not been much exercised about reducing my power bill since becoming work at home, because I have to have plenty of light and obviously be running my workstation, on-peak hours or not.)
On the other hand, I was able to pick up a four-pack of LED "daylight" bulbs at Walmart for $6, 100-watt equivalent (uses 14 watts), non-dimmable. If I was willing to go for 60-watt equivalent (uses 9 watts) and "soft white", I could get a 4-pack for $5. Individually, these would run $3 for the 9-watt or $5 for the 14-watt, but who buys a single lightbulb?
*checks your link to make sure you were quoting the divided price for a 4-pack in case Canada specializes in supplying single lightbulbs*
I guess if I divide this month's total bill by this month's kilowatt-hours, it comes out to something like 23 cents per kilowatt-hour, but that definitely doesn't scale. I'm deeply unsure how the on-peak kilowatts relate to the kilowatt-hours, too...
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(I have not been much exercised about reducing my power bill since becoming work at home, because I have to have plenty of light and obviously be running my workstation, on-peak hours or not.)
On the other hand, I was able to pick up a four-pack of LED "daylight" bulbs at Walmart for $6, 100-watt equivalent (uses 14 watts), non-dimmable. If I was willing to go for 60-watt equivalent (uses 9 watts) and "soft white", I could get a 4-pack for $5. Individually, these would run $3 for the 9-watt or $5 for the 14-watt, but who buys a single lightbulb?
*checks your link to make sure you were quoting the divided price for a 4-pack in case Canada specializes in supplying single lightbulbs*
I guess if I divide this month's total bill by this month's kilowatt-hours, it comes out to something like 23 cents per kilowatt-hour, but that definitely doesn't scale. I'm deeply unsure how the on-peak kilowatts relate to the kilowatt-hours, too...