[mwellermd]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '.').., installed two new widows that were bad and I still got a bill for $37 this last Month.

[DantesPeak]

Plummet? Plummet??? Not inTexas.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')UGUST 26, 2009.Texas Heat Offers No Relief on Electric Bills
Break From Lower Natural-Gas Prices Fails to Materialize as Air Conditioners Keep Humming During Stretch of 100-Degree Days

By REBECCA SMITH and TOM BENNING
Record-breaking heat in parts of Texas is causing electricity bills to soar, just when most consumers were expecting some relief from sinking natural-gas prices.

The protracted heat wave -- Austin on Monday recorded its 64th day of 100-plus degree weather since June 1 -- has pushed electricity demand up to record levels, as air conditioners run overtime.

To meet the demand, costlier electric generators have been pressed into service. As a result, electric rates and consumer bills have risen despite the lower price of natural gas, which is used to generate most of the electricity in Texas.

Ray Basham, a press operator who lives in west San Antonio, saw his bill jump from $170 in June to $245 in July. That is partly because his utility, CPS Energy, raised its price per kilowatt hour to 10.4 cents in July, from 9 cents in June, when two power plants broke down and the utility had to go into the open market to purchase replacement power. "Luckily, my wife and I have jobs, so we could pay," he said.

[Ferretlover]

TX: Our electric bill went from $301 last month to $398 this month. Replaced (in July) every light we could with LED, and there were no changes in our usage habits.
Schools have started back up in the last week. That has to add to the stresses on the power grid in this heat.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilFinder2', '&')gt;>>Ze link <<<
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')UGUST 13, 2009 Electricity Prices Plummet BY REBECCA SMITH:

Slack demand for electricity across the U.S. is leading to some of the sharpest reductions in power prices in recent years, offering a break for consumers and businesses who just a year ago were getting crunched by massive electricity bills.

On Friday, the nation's largest wholesale power market serving parts of 13 states east of the Rockies is expected to report that electricity demand fell 4.4% in the first half of the year. That helped to push down spot market prices by 40% during the first half of this year.[...]

[shortonsense]

Just another visible piece of information of how distributed PV systems are changing the world of utilities enough to make them nervous.

Signs of the transition for those without blinders....

http://www.newsweek.com/id/213468

"According to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council's 2006-08 count, consumers added 522 megawatts to the grid; whereas utility generated sites added just 96 megawatts."

[copious.abundance]

Well, all I can say is, I'm glad I don't live in Texas.