Enmax EasyMax - Fixed Vs. Variable

[killramos]

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Same, but mine's July 2024. I'll just enjoy every month of low prices between now and then.

Then change nothing about your habits after that becuase let’s be real usage is almost a rounding error on your Enmax bill with all the extra fees.

[bjstare]

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Then change nothing about your habits after that becuase let’s be real usage is almost a rounding error on your Enmax bill with all the extra fees.

Change habits based on electricity prices? You must be confusing me for a poor.

[kenny]

Got all confused seeing the "fixed for life" comment above, then realized this isn't the mortgage thread haha

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

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Got all confused seeing the "fixed for life" comment above, then realized this isn't the mortgage thread haha

I have a 5yr fixed mortgage too

[benyl]

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Then change nothing about your habits after that becuase let’s be real usage is almost a rounding error on your Enmax bill with all the extra fees.

The more you use, the cheaper it gets...

[ExtraSlow]

And the harder you win.

[killramos]

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The more you use, the cheaper it gets...

Thank you for your service.

[ExtraSlow]

What industrial electricity cost these days? Generally more or less than residential? Do industrial users get charged different rates through the day?

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Wouldn't run 24/7, probably more like 10/4.

[mr2mike]

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Fixed is life but dammit it's going to be scary in 2 years when my fixed rate expired and gotta renew. Guess that'll be the push for solar.

Some regret not taking the 5 year fixed instead of 3 years at the time.

Fixed right now is $9.29/kWh. Anyone riding variable right now at $17.34/kWh is getting hosed. Easy switch and choice.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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What industrial electricity cost these days? Generally more or less than residential? Do industrial users get charged different rates through the day?

Helping a friend set up a shop that has this equipment :


Wouldn't run 24/7, probably more like 10/4.

I don't think that's enough juice to be an "industrial user" but I don't know.
I helped set up a plant that was consuming about 1.2MW and the contract we had to sign was to fix a rate but most importantly it was signing in blood that we would never ever never exceed a peak usage rate and that if we did for more than 14 minutes, our rate would go to something like 3x for every Joule for the next 6 months.

*I doubt this helps, but it's partially relevant...

[The Cosworth]

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What industrial electricity cost these days? Generally more or less than residential? Do industrial users get charged different rates through the day?

Helping a friend set up a shop that has this equipment :


Wouldn't run 24/7, probably more like 10/4.

Fire me an email or hit me up on Linkedin and I can answer your questions. Typically once you get over a certain size and rate class - yes you get industrial and can do what is called interval metering. So you're charged more on the 'spot' price.

Note - I don't work for the utility anymore so get your knowledge out of my head while it's fresh.

[bjstare]

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I don't think that's enough juice to be an "industrial user" but I don't know.

600V in is definitely not residential. What's in between residential and industrial? Commercial?

In my past life, I definitely designed piles of 600V industrial electrical systems.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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600V in is definitely not residential. What's in between residential and industrial? Commercial?

In my past life, I definitely designed piles of 600V industrial electrical systems.

Agree, but most industrial sites I've seen that have (and certainly extensively used) 600V had it stepped down from 4160V or 25kV fed into the plant.

[The Cosworth]

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600V in is definitely not residential. What's in between residential and industrial? Commercial?

In my past life, I definitely designed piles of 600V industrial electrical systems.

From a rate perspective, it is usually the classification of the business and the total load. So a small 'industrial' like a small machine shop would be the same as a brewery for example. A massive Costco Warehouse or a big industrial site would be classified the same. Voltage has nothing to do with it. There are larger commercial buildings that are 347/600 and use 347v lighting for example.

[pheoxs]

250MWh is the cutoff between the two. Below that you are a small or medium business and you have a regular rate plan where you pay X cents per kwh and go about your day. Rates are basically the same as offered to residential.
https://www.enmax.com/business/elect...lans/low-usage

Above 250MWh you are a large commercial user and you have to contact Enmax to discuss options and they have a separate department you go through.

[ExtraSlow]

That's 250 mwh/mo, right? Thanks that's very hepful.

[pheoxs]

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That's 250 mwh/mo, right? Thanks that's very hepful.

250MWh per year apparently** Roughly 3k per month in electricity costs.

https://www.enmax.com/business/elect...petitive-plans

[ZenOps]

https://www.enmax.com/generation-wir...-system-demand

Tomorrow will most likely be peak. Probably will not break record set last year. It would have to be 35 celsius for a couple days to beat it.

[ZenOps]

15.7 cents per kwh this month. Not expensive as I was thinking it could be. Lots of hot weather, but not really concentrated two day heatwave type.

[MOB68]

resolved.