The Price of Going Green in Canada

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Nomander

I am about to sign a contract here in Texas for 1 year fixed at 7 cents/kWh. The only time I saw 13.5 cents/kWh is when prices across the country were shooting up like crazy and that was the average you could get here. I think I was able to shop around at that time and get it for 11.5 cents/kWh.

I think I prefer traditional.

That's amazing that you can actually "shop around" for electricity prices! I've never heard of that before.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

So the score then is 25 coal deaths to 3 renewables and that doesn't account for all of the unnamed chinese miners who have died.

Within the US mining is not on even on the top ten list of most dangerous jobs however in order fishing, logging, airplane pilots, farmers, roofers, ironworkers, sanitation workers, industrial machinists, truckers/drivers and construction workers all have higher fatality rates per 100,000 workers.

In case you're wondering where mining places it comes in at 12.7 per one hundred thousand in 2009. From the top ten Fisherman are at 200, construction workers are at 18.3. Sanitation workers are at 25.2.... you're twice as likely to be killed collecting garbage than you would working in a mine.


http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

The reason mining accidents get so much publicity is because so many die at once.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Nomander

I am about to sign a contract here in Texas for 1 year fixed at 7 cents/kWh. The only time I saw 13.5 cents/kWh is when prices across the country were shooting up like crazy and that was the average you could get here. I think I was able to shop around at that time and get it for 11.5 cents/kWh.

I think I prefer traditional.

I remember an article about the cost of green energy in the Austin area tripling a few years back. Anything similar where you live? Did you get a price on that?

[Nomander]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

I remember an article about the cost of green energy in the Austin area tripling a few years back. Anything similar where you live? Did you get a price on that?

You can check on them, here is a site that lists all the companies we can choose from per zip code.

Power to Choose: Compare Offers Now


There is one called "green mountain energy company".

Its ok... per say, but not great. They have it looks like a 9.9 cents fixed as their lowest compared to the lowest fixed being Sparks (non-green) at the moment for 7.8 cents. The plans change often quite often though.

Anyway, it was a big difference from California's government monopoly companies.