Has anyone switched from a fixed rate electric plan to a time of use plan? Just wondering if I will actually see a cost savings with this. We could easily do most of our energy use in off peak hours. Would still have some tv during some expensive hours
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Do you live in a place where the ac runs a lot? I have a feeling that would make it not work well for us (in Texas) because our bill is low in winter but triples (or more) in the worst of summer and i have to imagine it runs most during the day.
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@bhbee: we’re in wi so we use air conditioning but it’s not crazy
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We have done time of use for the past 8 years, and love it. We avoid all major appliance usage from 3-6pm, we try to go out during that time, and/or we try to use less heat or AC at that time. We use very, very little energy during that time, and so almost all of our usage is at the cheaper rate.
We are teachers. Years 0-6 we were not home 3-6pm (on peak hours) school days. Years 6-8 someone has always been home with LO1. And our babysitters know about not running appliances during that time.
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We have to do it soon but we are switching to solar. It would suck for us because one of us or grandma is always home with the baby and will mostly have the toddler and then my oldest comes home at 230. And it gets HOT.
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