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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Help: rapped and robbed monthly
Message-ID: <306@terak.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 13:53:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 13:53:12 1985
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Organization: Terak Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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> Also, is your utility company owned
> by your	local government or a co-op.

Since you asked -- in the Phoenix area there are three (3) electricity
suppliers.

  Arizona Public Service, the main supplier, is a profit-making
  (they hope) company, publicly traded stock, regulated by the
  Arizona Corporation Commission.

  Salt River Project, the second largest supplier, is a non-profit
  agricultural cooperative which is NOT regulated by the Arizona
  Corporation Commission.

  City of Mesa operates its own distribution service.  Owned by the
  city, not regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission, it does
  not have any generating facilities, but rather buys electricity
  wholesale from Salt River Project (which see).

Rates vary between these three suppliers.  Who is cheapest depends on
who raised their rates most recently -- they play leapfrog.

My electric bills (City of Mesa) run from a low of $35 to a high of $180
per month.  I installed solar hot water, but noticed no big difference
in electric bills.  The only hot water used in my house is for bathing
(there's only my wife and myself) and dishwashing.  On the other hand,
the house is heated and air-conditioned by electricity, and relatively
small outside-temperature changes make relatively large changes in my
electric bill.  During the winter and summer we close off about 800 of
the 2000 sq.ft. of the house so it doesn't have to be heated/cooled.
-- 
Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug