Re: John T,,

Posted by Gerald J. on September 22, 2006 at 10:45:59 from (67.0.103.154):

In Reply to: Re: John T,, posted by ChadS on September 22, 2006 at 10:18:57:

For sure you ARE paying rental on a bigger transformer, a bigger meter, and a bigger fraction of the power plant with the 400 amp service to the bins.

My bills (one coop and one investor owned utility) are separated into an equipment charge and an energy charge. The equipment charge is the rent on the transformer, power lines, meter, and power plant fraction, while the energy charge is only for the energy used. At the farm, my outside light quit working and the energy part of the bill went to nearly zero while the fixed costs remained the same.

You have a connection actually wanting THREE services. One for the bins (to make their cost easily deducted), one for the house, and a third for the heat, each with a separate meter. In some utilities (my coop for one) running the heat on a separate meter gets a better rate. A significantly better rate. Ask your utility about their electricc heat rate. My coop has a couple, better if you have a back up furnace (gas or oil) so they can interrupt your furnace load, but the investor owned utility doesn't have an electric heat rate.

Gerald J.

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