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My last power bill was around 150, but it goes up to around 225 - 250 in the summer. You really dont have a choice of who to use. If Duke is in the area,thats who you use, if LEC is in the area thats who you use.
LEC is.. Somewhat significantly higher. Though not massively.
If you shutoff the main at your house. You're getting a $10 power bill from LEC, even though you used no power.. "Facilities Charge"
So, this month, I have a $90.33 bill.. Minus the facilities charge, that's $80.33 in power on 669kWh
Comes out to about 12 cents/kWh. I think Duke is more around the 9 cent range.
I will mention.. I don't think I've lost power for more than an hour or two with LEC.. Ever. That's one of the big advantages of using them. They have their own crews, and a much smaller area to cover.
I will mention.. I don't think I've lost power for more than an hour or two with LEC.. Ever. That's one of the big advantages of using them. They have their own crews, and a much smaller area to cover.
Thats VERY true! Last time I can remember losing power was, well, like 15 years ago, and that was just for a day and before that we lost it for like 5 hours and that was at least 20 years ago. (I remember it because it was the day we broguht my oldest son home after he was born.) Weve had those little quick off then right back on type deals, but not anything major for a long time!!
That's the UPS on my computer, which is on 24/7. And, that's unusual.. The over/undervoltages.. Not that odd.. Having quick 5 second blackouts.. 8 of them in a 24 week period.. Not unusual.. The 49 minute total.. that's higher than normal.
Thats VERY true! Last time I can remember losing power was, well, like 15 years ago, and that was just for a day and before that we lost it for like 5 hours and that was at least 20 years ago. (I remember it because it was the day we broguht my oldest son home after he was born.) Weve had those little quick off then right back on type deals, but not anything major for a long time!!
So True. After living in numerous apartment complexes in the Greenville Area over the years before purchasing a house I never remember an outage when I lived in a complex with LEC. Duke yes.
As far as $$$ though seems like LEC was always more for same size apartments.
One complex I lived in was split( Duke on one side and LEC on the other) I chose an apartment on the Duke side - (a few times we had an outage and the other side did not). So odd.
I will mention.. I don't think I've lost power for more than an hour or two with LEC.. Ever. That's one of the big advantages of using them. They have their own crews, and a much smaller area to cover.
^this. We had power back on in 6 hours in a recent ice storm that affected some people for days.
LEC seems to do a lot of preventative tree trimming which must help with the power outages. I am not saying Duke doesn't do that, but LEC sure does a nice job.
^this. We had power back on in 6 hours in a recent ice storm that affected some people for days.
LEC seems to do a lot of preventative tree trimming which must help with the power outages. I am not saying Duke doesn't do that, but LEC sure does a nice job.
LEC is also doing alot of underground power installs. All the houses out in my area seem to be run underground to the house, at least.
And, yes, they do quite a lot of right-of-way tree trimming as well.
We had Duke when we lived in NC and I thought very expensive! Of course, one can't really compare unless you were living in the same house, doing the same thing, running the same electricity and used both companies. That is not possible since both companies wouldn't serve the same house. That being said, since moving here to SC, we've had LEC the last five years and Ive thought it was much better than Duke.
And yes, what others said about power going out. I don't think we've ever lost power here at this house, in the last five years, with LEC. Duke goes out around the area on a regular basis.
What I really prefer is the LEC customer service. Since it's a small company they seem to care about their customers. I've called both companies as a customer and Duke was always a PITA to deal with.
I will mention.. I don't think I've lost power for more than an hour or two with LEC.. Ever. That's one of the big advantages of using them. They have their own crews, and a much smaller area to cover.
I have LEC, and my power went out once around 1-2AM. By 4am there was a mini-backhoe in my neighbor's yard digging up a buried transformer (or something) that had failed. Power was back on by 7. I was impressed.
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