On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:05:12 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 02/15/2021 10:10 PM, Snag wrote:
I dunno Ralph , Entergy's rates are pretty good - and haven't
increased for some time now . We're paying about $.10/Kwhr with all
taxes and fees included . Our power here comes from a hydro plant on the
White River about 35 miles north of us . IMO they take too wide an
easement for the lines - a strip clearcut thru the woods - but then we
don't get many lines downed by trees .

I can't complain but I'm in a cooperative that goes back to the REA and
buys power from Bonneville. Back in the 90's the governor got on the
deregulation kick. That worked out well. Montana Power sold their dams
and went into the internet business just in time for the dotcom crash.
The people on their network saw nosebleed rate increases. It put a
couple of aluminum smelters out of business. The pulp mill brought in
flatbed mounted diesel generators.

He went on to become the chairman of the RNC and a lobbyist. His Lt.
Governor squeaked out a term and then we had 16 years of Democrats.


We watched the fiasco that resulted from the
California Edison de-regulation privatization actually
and followed them down the same damn path ! Duh.
Ontario went from having historically for decades
the 2nd or 3rd cheapest power in all of North America -
behind Quebec -
.. to where we are now -
10.5 cents off peak
15 cents mid-peak
21.7 cents on peak

John T.