Found on another board:
"Okay guys, the facts are in.
After owning my two electric cars for one PG&E month now, I can tell
you that my use of them has pushed my bill to where I have gone from
.23 cents per KWH to 31 cents.
My bill has gone up by $100 and that is entirely due to driving my
"around town" miles in one of two alternating electric cars.
I just listened to several You Tube clips whereas one "voice over"
claimed TWO CENTS per KWH which they claimed saved a lot of dollars
over gas prices.
My $100 got me 600 miles of town driving in one month. Now then, say
a car gets 20 mpg in the city at $4.75 per gallon, those 600 miles
would cost $142.50 so I save $42.50 by buying a new electric car.
How many years will it take me to break even?
Oh yes, I forgot, must figure in the cost of batteries too..........
And if you think TIME OF USE METERING would save me money you have
another think coming. My bill would have been substantially higher
had I had one.
[Note that electric rates in some areas go up dramatically with the amount that you use.]
"Okay guys, the facts are in.
After owning my two electric cars for one PG&E month now, I can tell
you that my use of them has pushed my bill to where I have gone from
.23 cents per KWH to 31 cents.
My bill has gone up by $100 and that is entirely due to driving my
"around town" miles in one of two alternating electric cars.
I just listened to several You Tube clips whereas one "voice over"
claimed TWO CENTS per KWH which they claimed saved a lot of dollars
over gas prices.
My $100 got me 600 miles of town driving in one month. Now then, say
a car gets 20 mpg in the city at $4.75 per gallon, those 600 miles
would cost $142.50 so I save $42.50 by buying a new electric car.
How many years will it take me to break even?
Oh yes, I forgot, must figure in the cost of batteries too..........
And if you think TIME OF USE METERING would save me money you have
another think coming. My bill would have been substantially higher
had I had one.
[Note that electric rates in some areas go up dramatically with the amount that you use.]