On 6 Jun 2006 18:37:47 -0700, wrote:


I have my bill in front of me now. Dated May 26, 2006

I have BGE Electric of $16.49, of which breaks down like this:

BGE Electric Supply: 5.03 - This is the one that's going up, I
think

Me too.

Customer Charge 7.50
Distribution Charge 3.27
MD Universal Svc Prog .37
State Surcharge .02
Franchise Tax .08
Local Tax .22 - I live in Baltimore City

So if I calculate the $5.03 using a rate of .1103 instead of the
.0405300, I get a new bill of
124 kWh x .1103 = $13.68, bringing my total electric for a typical off
season electric to: $25.06, or an increase of $8.57, which is about an
83% rate increase.

The dummies must be referring to an _average_ 72% increase. They
can't even go to the trouble to speak accurate English so people can
understand what's going on. And if you're right, and the rate you
quote seems to imply that you are, they're tripling the first line and
thereby almost doubling the total line. It would also mean the rate
is really going up a lot! Maybe they should do something. grin

The fight between O'malley and Ehrlich is pretty funny, since
neither's plan would lower rates, only change when they are paid,
charging interest (BGE) or penalities (Ehrlich) for paying late.
IIUC, the penalties plan had nothing to do with how much money one
actually paid late, so a small customer would pay equivalent to an
enormous intererst rate.

This still doesn't explain how come the rate for me only went up 2%
total in the last 11 years. Why don't they emphasize that.

That is typical for usage for me in a city rowhome, and I don't even
have any insulation in the walls (brick-masonry-plaster). In the
summer I do use my central air so it's more, but $5/month just for the
electricity part of the bill is about right for me at least 6 months fo
the year (and I pay much more for nusiance charges than anything else
on the bill).

Having said all of that, I will probably switch to Pepco or Washington
Gas if the rate is a little better.

My friend in Reisterstown got a letter from Washington Gas. Maybe I
did too. I'm wondering if they ship the electricity all the way from
Washington, won't it be cold and weak when it gets here? And what
about the extra shipping charges.