[HECnet] Visit to the Living Computers Museum

[Dave McGuire]

  Wow.  Well I must say that all that plan flexibility does sound nice!

          -Dave

On 09/01/2018 04:28 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> In Texas here you have a whole assortment of plans.  You can get a plan
> that uses only power generated by solar or by wind or by hydro.  Plans
> that have "free" power on weekends and you paw for weekdays, or vice
> versa.  Or pay for evenings only.  Just about any situation imaginable. 
> My current plan has a 12-month contract.  I pay OnCor (the local power
> company) $3.49/month plus 3.4556 cents per KWh.  I pay Reliant (the
> power supplier) $5.00/month plus 3.7 cents per KWh. Averaging about 7.7
> cents total per KWh.  Highest bill so far was July - $164.18 for 2184.4
> KWh.  But I haven't re-assembled my hardware yet so that doesn't include
> any computer costs other than my personal Mac Pro, my work laptop and my
> wife's two computers. I have yet to put up my MSA SAN disks, two
> XP1000's, MicroVAX 3100 M95 or my RX2660 and ZX6000.
> 
> The great thing about living in Ohio was that for about 5 months I could
> open the windows and have Mother nature cool the basement. In Texas the
> winter will barely be cool enough to do anything. I'm sure I'll be
> paying more to run less and probably keep more shut down when not in use.
> 
> John H Reinhardt
> 
> On 9/1/2018 12:36 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>    We're paying about $0.11 here, commercial rate/3-phase.
>>
>>              -Dave
>>
>> On 09/01/2018 01:15 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote:
>>> Holy shit!
>>>
>>> Even at the highest tier it's under $0.10 here in Georgia.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 13:10 Robert Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com
>>> <mailto:bob at jfcl.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>      >Not sure if power in Sweden can be classified as that cheap
>>> anymore.
>>>
>>>        What's the going rate, per kWh?
>>>
>>>        Here in California, the marginal rate (i.e. the above baseline
>>>      rate) is
>>>      about $0.27/kWh.   Baseline is, I think, about 22 or 24 cents (I'd
>>>      have to
>>>      check my bill to be sure).
>>>
>>>      Bob
>>>
> 


-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA