CINDI ANDERSON on sat 11 nov 00
Why don't you call PG&E and get on the list for a time of use meter? It took me
about 6 months to get one, but my electricity is very expensive from 12noon-6pm
(especially in summer) but very inexpensive from 6pm-12noon and on weekends. Then
you can fire all you want on off hours.
Cindi
"Wesley C. Rolley" wrote:
> The cost of firing a load of pots is increasing every day. Electric and
> natural gas rates in Northern California have already risen significantly
> from last year. A recent court decision allow the electric utility
> (Pacific Gas & Electric) to pass on to their customers more than $1
> Billion of increased costs to purchase peak demand power. I am firing
> every other day to get as much done as I can before the new rates take
> effect.
>
> I have always want to have a wood fired kiln. I was considering the
> implications of this whole new way of working when I read the following
> article in a local paper:
>
> http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/fireplace11p.htm
>
> If you do not want to look it up, the article states that one jurisdiction
> is banning the use of wood burning stoves and restricting fireplaces in new
> construction. So, I appears that I would have to move to be able to have a
> real wood-fired kama. Maybe I will just pay the electric bill and shut up.
>
> Wes Rolley
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Wesley C. Rolley on sat 11 nov 00
The cost of firing a load of pots is increasing every day. Electric and
natural gas rates in Northern California have already risen significantly
from last year. A recent court decision allow the electric utility
(Pacific Gas & Electric) to pass on to their customers more than $1
Billion of increased costs to purchase peak demand power. I am firing
every other day to get as much done as I can before the new rates take
effect.
I have always want to have a wood fired kiln. I was considering the
implications of this whole new way of working when I read the following
article in a local paper:
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/fireplace11p.htm
If you do not want to look it up, the article states that one jurisdiction
is banning the use of wood burning stoves and restricting fireplaces in new
construction. So, I appears that I would have to move to be able to have a
real wood-fired kama. Maybe I will just pay the electric bill and shut up.
Wes Rolley
No duties. I don't have to be profound.
I don't have to be artistically perfect.
Or sublime. Or edifying.
I just wander. I say: "You were running,
That's fine. It was the thing to do." - Czeslaw Milosz
Arnold Howard on sat 11 nov 00
How much does it cost to fire a load where you live?
Arnold Howard
Paragon
--- "Wesley C. Rolley" wrote:
> The cost of firing a load of pots is increasing every day. Electric and
> natural gas rates in Northern California have already risen significantly
> from last year. A recent court decision allow the electric utility
> (Pacific Gas & Electric) to pass on to their customers more than $1
> Billion of increased costs to purchase peak demand power. I am firing
> every other day to get as much done as I can before the new rates take
> effect.
>
> I have always want to have a wood fired kiln. I was considering the
> implications of this whole new way of working when I read the following
> article in a local paper:
>
> http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/fireplace11p.htm
>
> If you do not want to look it up, the article states that one jurisdiction
> is banning the use of wood burning stoves and restricting fireplaces in new
> construction. So, I appears that I would have to move to be able to have a
> real wood-fired kama. Maybe I will just pay the electric bill and shut up.
>
> Wes Rolley
> No duties. I don't have to be profound.
> I don't have to be artistically perfect.
> Or sublime. Or edifying.
> I just wander. I say: "You were running,
> That's fine. It was the thing to do." - Czeslaw Milosz
>
>
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Wesley C. Rolley on sun 12 nov 00
At 08:07 PM 11/11/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Why don't you call PG&E and get on the list for a time of use meter? It
took me
>about 6 months to get one, but my electricity is very expensive from
12noon-6pm
>(especially in summer) but very inexpensive from 6pm-12noon and on
weekends. Then
>you can fire all you want on off hours.
>Cindi
Cindi, Congratulations on getting a Time of Use meter. I have contacted
PG&E on this several times. Each time they said that they would turn on
Time of Use metering if the appropriate meter were already installed, but
that they would NOT install a new meter to do so. I have not read
California Public Utility Commission regulatiosn to find out whether they
can be forced to provide this service.
Wes
Wes Rolley
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