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Sep 25, 2017
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monteburns
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It's strange they want you to conserve. They are selling a product, you'd
think they'd want as many people to buy as much as possible.
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Rocky Mountain Power home energy report: why is mine so high? Anybody else have this issue?
jdub
Unofficial CB Pollyanna
9/25/17 10:16am
It always says that. They include vacant homes, smaller homes and average it
CSoul
9/25/17 10:18am
So, they use deceptive practices to try to get people to conserve? Not sure how I feel about that.
jdub
9/25/17 10:20am
They renamed themselves Dominion, they aren't even trying to hide it anymore
CSoul
9/25/17 10:21am
You're confusing the natural gas utility with the electric power utility
Hinta
9/25/17 10:23am
Yes, you are right. I forgot that Rocky Mountain are the good guys
CSoul
9/25/17 1:56pm
why would they sincerely want people to conserve? they make money from selling
Bostonblue
9/25/17 10:24am
Maybe part of their rate-setting agreement with the state is that spend a % on promoting conservation
jdub
9/25/17 10:28am
right. I just had always assumed that its part of their rate agreement with the
Bostonblue
9/25/17 10:32am
because if people will conserve they won't have to build more $300Million power
Nat Gas Man
9/25/17 11:28am
No. The more people conserve, the less power they sell.
Bostonblue
9/25/17 2:58pm
Not true, the growth outstrips any savings, but it takes 20 years to break even
Nat Gas Man
9/26/17 8:44am
Yeah, that doesn't add up. I'll have to check my report and see how we compare.
rerunc
9/25/17 10:19am
They're lying to you
Indy Coug
9/25/17 10:20am
It's strange they want you to conserve. They are selling a product, you'd
monteburns
9/25/17 10:24am
Their biggest costs are infrastructure which is based on peak usage. They don't
rcbyufan
9/25/17 10:27am
With the power company not really operating in a free market model,
rerunc
9/25/17 10:27am
They don't really want to keep prices down, but don't want more usage either
Nat Gas Man
9/25/17 11:29am
As a utility they are pretty much guaranteed to make a profit. When people use less
John Doe
9/25/17 10:35am
I show the same on my report. It would be more helpful if they showed me in comparison to the people on my block or on
Rhino84
9/25/17 10:48am
do you have issues with ghost power....cell phone charges, etc. that use power
Nat Gas Man
9/25/17 11:31am
I've had the same experience. I think the comparison is skewed. I think it's
eyebleedblu
9/25/17 6:04pm
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