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Taking Control of Electric Bill, Hour by Hour
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 07, 2007 10:10pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 9, 2007 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
Published: January 8, 2007
Ten times last year, Judi Kinch, a geologist, got e-mail messages telling her that the next afternoon any electricity used at her Chicago apartment would be particularly expensive because hot, steamy weather was increasing demand for power.
Each time, she and her husband would turn down the air-conditioners — sometimes shutting one of them off — and let the dinner dishes sit in the washer until prices fell back late at night.
Most people are not aware that electricity prices fluctuate widely throughout the day, let alone exactly how much they pay at the moment they flip a switch. But Ms. Kinch and her husband are among the 1,100 Chicago residents who belong to the Community Energy Cooperative, a pilot project to encourage energy conservation, and this puts them among the rare few who are able to save money by shifting their use of power.
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The handful of people who do use hourly meters not only cut their own bills, but also help everyone else by reducing the need for expensive generating stations that run just a few days, or hours, each year. Over the long run, such savings could mean less pollution, because the dirtiest plants could be used less or not at all. |
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