[RKDinOKC]

My local electric company has a program where from June thru September you pay only 4¢ per kilowatthour, Then they have high use times and peak times that they charge according to the expected load. High usage is from 2pm to 7pm, Peak is from 4pm to 6pm. The additional charge can be 4¢ 9¢ 13¢ 23¢ and 44¢.

The do give you a thermostat that recieves radio signals of when the high usage and peak times are. If there is going to be a higher charge for the high usage or peak time, it pre-cools your house so the A/C runs less during the higher rate period. You can set the temp you want to keep, the maxium it will cool too, and the temp it will maintain during high usae and peak usage times. The defaults are 4°F and I don't really notice any difference.

Anyway, yesterday they sent a notice saying the high usage charge was only going to be 4¢, then later another email saying high usage was going to be 23¢. Then another saying they messed up and were going to honor the 4¢ high usage charge. The this morning I go another saying they were going to charge 44¢ peak from 4pm to 6pm.

Don't know what I am going to get charged for today.

Oh and you can access your electric usage on-line and it tells how much you use each hour, what temp was, and what your rate was. Comparison shows I paid $400 less last year using the peak thing compared to the year before without it
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