BAJ,

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 07:37:11 -0400, Byron A Jeff wrote:

>...
> The average person just wants cheap energy without having to build an
> entirely new infrastructure to get it.

I don't know about "cheap" - I'd just like to pay the same this year as last!  (But then I've never been average...)

As a point of reference, my last bill was as follows (I think it's gone up again since then!)

All per kWh, including VAT at 5% (energy is the only thing that isn't 17.5% VAT).  
It's billed quarterly in arrears, and I pay by Direct Debit (these things alter the rate):

  16.18p for the first 225kwH used during peak times in a quarter
   9.975p for anything beyond the above used during peak times
   4.331p for anything used during off-peak time

"Off-peak" time is nominally 01:00 to 08:00 (mine is controlled by a timeswitch which has drifted!)

To convert those to USCents:  30.257 / 18.695 / 7.893

The annoying thing (*one of* the annoying things...) is that because the first swathe of usage is at the higher rate, any savings by cutting down 
consumption happen at the lower rate, unless I can cut my consumption by about 85%!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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