<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">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. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">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. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">We decided to stick with Tiered due to the convenience. It was during C19 lockdown and all that business.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">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.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Quiet moments after 7PM(post-dinner), we found invaluable and the price($220/yr) paid for those moments became insignificant.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">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.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">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.</div><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 10:35\u202fPM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div>On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 15:02 William Park via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>My pet peeve is "Time of Use" vs "Tiered" price. </blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">No matter how much I try to save by using "off-peak" <br>
rate with ToU plan, it was always cheaper with Tiered plan. </blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So, I moved to Tiered plan.<br>
What's on all the time? Refrigerator and computer. That's it.</blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Depends on how any people live at home, and what they do. </div><div dir="auto">In summer, there is the A/C, and dehumidifier.</div><div dir="auto">Also, for the air not to go stale, there is the furnace fan that works 40 minutes every hour.</div><div dir="auto">Then there is the water kettle for beverages, oven toasters, dryer, and on and on and on.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes, Tiered plan is cheaper, but not by a whole lot.</div><div dir="auto"></div></div>
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