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On 11/5/2014 3:39 PM, wrote:

We used to have a seperate meter for off peak and another for on peak. This was a good deal, I had the electric water heater on the off peak meter and enjoyed the savings. The off peak was about 1/2 the normal rate.

Now we have progressed.

PECO replaced the analog meters with one digital smart meter but they have NOT yet offered time of use billing. Now all energy is billed at the same higher rate.
Hopefully PECO will get into the 21th century and offer off TOU billing soon.

So I am curious. Who has time of use metering avaialble now?
How much discount is the off peak and how much premium is the on peak?
What are the hours for off peak and on peak?

thanks

Mark

Alliant Energy in Iowa has Time-of-Day pricing and we actually are
enrolled in it. There is a small monthly charge (around $3) but we have
saved money each and every month with the plan. We probably could save
substantially more if we put a timer on our electric water heater. We
pay 40% more during on-peak time and 50% less during off-peak time. If
you have an electric clothes dryer as we do you learn to dry you clothes
at night or on weekends. Following are the details of the plan which I
cut and pasted from their website.

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All the electric energy you use during
off-peak hours – times when the demands
for electricity are lowest – is billed at a 50
percent discount.

When is off-peak? Between the hours
of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. weekdays and all
weekend, Central Standard Time. That’s
11 hours every weekday – and all day
Saturday and Sunday – for a total of 103
hours out of every 168 hours a week that you
can save 50 percent.

During daylight saving time, the off-peak hours are
9 p.m. to 8 a.m., Monday – Friday.
Although you earn a discount for the off-peak
electricity you use, you also pay a 40 percent premium
for the electricity you use during weekday on-peak
periods.
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