[Watchdogs] increasing the (effective) rate as we cut our power usage

[Mike M]

Paul,
I see Mark, the new apologist for the PEC old guard, is insufficiently schooled in the impact,  on the ratepayer, of fixed costs and variable costs.  Of course, the rate for electricity is the variable cost, i.e., use more, pay more.  But what he denies is the impact of the fixed cost, the meter fee.  The fee bears an inversely proportional impact on the ratepayer.  The conserver of energy feels a greater burden from the fee than does the heavy user.
That's why there has been so much interest here in the proposed change to the fee.
Mike

--- On Sun, 5/17/09, Mark Williams <skyewill at gvtc.com> wrote:

From: Mark Williams <skyewill at gvtc.com>
Subject: [Watchdogs] As President Reagan would say "There you go again"
To: "'Paul Langston'" <langston at zeecon.com>, joesummy at moment.net, "'Racis, Michael'" <michael.racis at peci.com>, "'Paul Hilgers'" <paul.hilgers at peci.com>
Cc: watchdogs at pec4u.org
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 7:53 PM








Paul
 
As President Reagan would say, “There you go again”.  The rate does not change when you conserve power.  Every one pays the same rate for electricity and the same meter fee for the same class of customer.
 
Why is this so hard for you to figure out?
 
Mark
 




From: watchdogs-bounces at pec4u.org [mailto:watchdogs-bounces at pec4u.org] On Behalf Of Paul Langston
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:19 AM
To: joesummy at moment.net; Racis, Michael; Paul Hilgers
Cc: watchdogs at pec4u.org
Subject: Re: [Watchdogs] "PEC partners with TexasIsHot campaign" pressrelease
 

Dear Joe:  Thanks for fowarding the Press Release of May 15, 2009.

 

I assume that your new partners, TexasIsHot, are aware that under the present rate schedules, PEC shows its appreciation for conserving power by increasing the rate as we cut our power usage.

Regards, Paul Langston

 


----- Original Message ----- 

From: joesummy at moment.net 

Cc: watchdogs at pec4u.org 

Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:39 AM

Subject: [Watchdogs] "PEC partners with TexasIsHot campaign" press release

 

Please consider the attached PEC press release. The release highlights
PEC's new conservation partnership with TexasIsHot.  readers.



The press release has been formatted as MS Word document.



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