New Hampshire Electricity

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by sluggo

You have to love electric coop !!! This month my delivery charge is 102.32 plus a member charge of 24 .17 then of course the regional access charge of 53.02 and a benefit charge of 9.18 dont forget the tax 2.28 and then the actual cost of the electricity for 190 bucks and this is for my house ! At my friends shop where its commercially zoned he uses a lot more electricity than i do and his bill is a third of mine. When i called and complained they said i had an old house and the electricity was evaporating through the old wiring ! I had the house re wired and brought up to code and BEHOLD THE BILL WENT UP.......

Every month you pay a "member", "regional access", and "benefit" charge that totals out to be @ $86 ?

How mamy kilowatt-hours did you use that made your delivery/energy charge $102.32?

[fatlazyless]

www.nhec.com is their website, and it is a pretty good and informative website .... just google New Hampshire Electric Coop and you can see some of the other NH electricity deals available ... whatddoyaknow?

[Kamper]

I jumped from FairPoint for phone and 'net because I anticipated their problems due to the finances of that change.

I am sticking with PSNH for related reasons. If they lose enough 'supply' customers they may need to restructure again. I can envision several scenarios that could lead to higher 'delivery' charges that may bring the over-all electric costs above current rates.

[sluggo]

Rusty I use 2782 kwh at my high and 1600 for my low over the year for a five bedroom home. I also have three sons and that accounts for a lot use to.

[HellRaZoR004]

Originally Posted by sluggo

Rusty I use 2782 kwh at my high and 1600 for my low over the year for a five bedroom home. I also have three sons and that accounts for a lot use to.

Wow, that's almost 5x what I use a month! Does your family leave everything on all hours of the day? How about the use of LED bulbs?

[sluggo]

Hellrazo I keep almost eveything off during the day and the house is shut down at night like any other normal family would do. It dosent make sense for what they claim i use. So now i am looking into solar and i also have a great fast running stream that runs through my property and i am building a low torqe drive unit for a generator so i can have hydro power. I will get off the grid one of these days !

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by sluggo

Hellrazo I keep almost eveything off during the day and the house is shut down at night like any other normal family would do. It dosent make sense for what they claim i use. So now i am looking into solar and i also have a great fast running stream that runs through my property and i am building a low torqe drive unit for a generator so i can have hydro power. I will get off the grid one of these days !

For the general NH area, assuming you don't have excess trees blocking the sun, you could offset 1/2 of your electric bill with a $50,000 solar system. You'd need about 1,000 sqft of panels, and a LOT of batteries. That is based on also cutting your average monthly bill down to 2,000Kwh.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by sluggo

Rusty I use 2782 kwh at my high and 1600 for my low over the year for a five bedroom home. I also have three sons and that accounts for a lot use to.

Thanks for the reply.

If I used 2782 kwh in a month and used Wolfeboro's rate for electricity, it would cost me $436.

I would shut the main circuit breaker off and see if the meter is still moving.
If that was OK then I would shut everything off in the house which includes unplugging some things because they draw a small amount of current when plugged in even if they are off. Then look at the meter and see if it is still turning. If that is OK then you might consider putting your three sons up for adoption...just kidding.

[sluggo]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Rusty i will perform that diagnostic procedure and let you know how it turns out. I wouldnt doubt it if i found a draw off the system. And on adopting the kids they would eat ya out of house and home.