Boat Shoes said:
Charlie Murphy said:
Time to re-do those Electric plans? I got smoked on the last one.
I was having the same thought. Have the low natural gas prices trickled through to the electricity rates yet? Or is there some lag time?
My take is that the average texagger suburban home follows this general path. Total yearly consumption of 27,000 kwh. If you got stuck with 16 cents/kwh thats $4320 a year in electricity costs. Ouch. Renewing right now to 12 cents/kwh is $3240. Thats a $1080 in savings. Thats an easy take even with a $200+ cancellation fee.
Every cent the price moves down would net the average texagger $270 a year.
I think the prices are going to go down to 11-10 cents a kwh all in. We're not ever going back to the 6-7cent days with the liability that wind/solar and the ERCOT price spiking model creates for our grid.
Maybe give it a month or so. I checked a few weeks ago and the best price was 12.6c/kwh. Its already down to 12 now.
I use www.texaspowerguide.com to buy the best plan. Its like a DIY energy ogre. Only costs $10 to reveal the best plan.