[kwlug-disc] (off-topic) Electricity rates

[William Park]

Interesting... opposite of my experience.

You won't believe the extent I went to save money.
     - oven, stove, toaster -- 7pm-7am, weekend
     - frying pan, cooking pot, wok -- side-burner of BBQ
     - microwave -- never "on-peak"
     - washer, dryer, power tools -- weekend
     - kettle -- 7pm-7am, weekend, or side-burner of BBQ
     - AC -- 7pm-7am, weekend
Still, Tiered was cheaper and more convenient.

On 2025-08-02 15:20, Ron Singh wrote:
> My clan of 4 did TOU for ages in this big-a$$ed house in Waterloo West, 
> but grew weary of being wedded to a prescribed schedule for things like 
> laundry, dehumidifier, ironing, baking, etc.
> 
> In 2021, we changed to Tiered and after 1 year, found we had an average 
> savings of $18/month with TOU for 4 people when compared to Tiered.
> We decided to stick with Tiered due to the convenience. It was during 
> C19 lockdown and all that business.
> 
> Quality of life was also improved wih Tier I think as we did not have 4 
> people vying for large appliances after 7PM and the racket that ensued.
> Quiet moments after 7PM(post-dinner), we found invaluable and the 
> price($220/yr) paid for those moments became insignificant.
> 
> Today, even though body count is down to 2 and sometimes 1 or none, the 
> temptation to go back to TOU is appealing as the delta between lowest- 
> cost times and highest-cost times seems to be expanding.
> 
> I will go back to TOU in January 2026 and run that way for a year and 
> see how it compares to calendar 2025 as the electrical use will be 
> identical in each year.
> 
> Ron S.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com 
> <mailto:kb at 2bits.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 15:02 William Park via kwlug-disc <kwlug-
>     disc at kwlug.org <mailto:kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
>         My pet peeve is "Time of Use" vs "Tiered" price. 
> 
>         No matter how much I try to save by using "off-peak"
>         rate with ToU plan, it was always cheaper with Tiered plan. 
> 
>         So, I moved to Tiered plan.
>         What's on all the time?  Refrigerator and computer.  That's it.
> 
> 
>     Depends on how any people live at home, and what they do.
>     In summer, there is the A/C, and dehumidifier.
>     Also, for the air not to go stale, there is the furnace fan that
>     works 40 minutes every hour.
>     Then there is the water kettle for beverages, oven toasters, dryer,
>     and on and on and on.
> 
>     Yes, Tiered plan is cheaper, but not by a whole lot.
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