[RKDinOKC]

Tomorrow is the first day of SmartHours this summer and it's gonna be hot so they charging 21¢ a kWh from 2pm to 7pm. Only 5¢ a kWh the other 19 hours.

It is considered a high usage day.
Low usage day is 5¢/kWh
Standard usage day is 10¢/kWh
High usage day is 21¢/kWh
Critical Usage day is 41¢/kWh

Not sure what the temperature break is to make it a critical usage day, it is supposed to get to 99°F Today.

Will have to get on-line and look at my lectricity usage. The keep hourly usage and the costs based on the rates for that day. Be interesting to compare last couple of days at standard rates with highs in the 90s and today with the SmartHours prices and a high of 99. Even better Sat and Sun with 5¢ all day.

When I signed up for the SmartHours thing they replaced my thermostat with one that receives the usage signal. If the usage is above standard it starts pre-cooling the house at 11am 4° lower than my set point. At 2pm it doesn't turn on the AC until either 7pm or if the temp gets to 4° above my normal setpoint.

They were also supposed to give me 10 LED bulbs that are 4w and put out 60w equivalent light. They replaced all my standard light bulbs and were one short so they gave me another box of 10. So I got a bunch a bulbs whenever they actual burn out.

They also gave me a terminal strip that has that think where one plug in controls a bunch of others on the strip, ie, you turn off your TV and it will shut of everything else plugged in. They gave me two of those instead of just one. Ended up not actual using it for my TV because the AppleTV turns off my TV and Stereo when I put it to sleep and back on when I wake it up.

They also told me I could lower my energy costs by 46% by adding insulation to the attic and replacing my windows. That would save me about $50 a month. Checked and doing both of those is about $8,000. Thats a little over 13 years before pays for itself.