I’ve seen stories about other countries beginning to implement work from home, mandating places shut down by a certain time, etc. Would the US government start doing similar things out of necessity? I imagine things getting more expensive will do that naturally but probably not to the levels needed if oil goes to $200. Can’t imagine the current admin jumping to enforce anything that looks like a Covid shutdown though. Just curious what people here think, because it seems like it’s going to get tight sooner rather than later.
No 🙃
Just opened up the spreadsheet again:
1093 kWh was $100.65 in July ($0.09/kWh)
906 kWh was $199.53 in August ($0.22/kWh)
I could’ve saved $100 in August if I wasted excessively :D
What the fuck?
OP would also get the discounted rate if, instead of wasting the electricity, they used it to charge batteries.
The same way that buying 3 sixpacks of Coke (18) is slightly more expensive than buying a full case (24). If you buy the “extra” six cans, you get a discount. But you wouldn’t then walk outside and dump the extra sixpack in the dirt - you’d drink them.
Turning a big potentiometer attached to a cable running straight into the Earth and looking back at the electric company like a contestant on The Price is Right.