Houston Area Electricity Rates (Austin, Center: living in, shop, bill)

[Houston Area Man]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I was just having this conversation with my mother
she was telling me about a guy that is a minimalist, he lives in a very small place, has almost nothing, etc.

First question from me: "Does he have a wife and kids?"
Answer = "no, he lives alone"

Wow, how did I guess correct?

You can be married with kids and be a minimalist.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by Houston Area Man

You can be married with kids and be a minimalist.

Not the same,
I can easily live in a car if I was alone
Noway I'm doing that with a family

[dd1153]

Rates seem to have dropped significantly from when I had originally signed up - just cancelled my previous service at 15.2c kWh and signed up for 12.6c kwH on a 3 month term, hopefully in 3 months rates will be lower

[Dopo]

I’m still learning about this, but seems like we need to track “Henry Hub gas price”

https://ycharts.com/indicators/henry...e%20year%20ago.

[Houston Area Man]

Originally Posted by Dopo

Not the same,
I can easily live in a car if I was alone
Noway I'm doing that with a family

It’s the same when both spouses are on same page. Having a kid is a choice.

[gwarnecke]

Dusting off this thread...I just renewed on a fixed-rate 3-year plan at 11 cents/kWH (for 2000 kWH usage), which is <10% premium over my current plan. Prices have been trending down for the last ~4 months at least - anyone who renewed last year at 15 cents/kWH+ should consider paying the cancelation fee and switching to a lower-rate offering soon, as prices are likely to start rising again as we approach the summer months.

[Houston Area Man]

Originally Posted by gwarnecke

Dusting off this thread...I just renewed on a fixed-rate 3-year plan at 11 cents/kWH (for 2000 kWH usage), which is <10% premium over my current plan. Prices have been trending down for the last ~4 months at least - anyone who renewed last year at 15 cents/kWH+ should consider paying the cancelation fee and switching to a lower-rate offering soon, as prices are likely to start rising again as we approach the summer months.

I did a 2 year contract last year with Frontier Utilities at 12.9 kWh after 1,000kwh per month. Average bill is $200 a month.

Keep it?

[gwarnecke]

You'd have to run the numbers on canceling and paying the fee vs switching - but 12.9 cents isn't that bad. 15-20 cents would likely justify a switch, depending on contract term, cancelation fee, etc.

[creekstone]

Someone needs to develop an online calculator that lets you determine if switching, and paying the cancelation fee, makes financial sense.

[Dopo]

Somebody needs to get rid of this BS deregulation that gave us 100 billing companies for electricity that comes from 1 company