Enmax EasyMax - Fixed Vs. Variable

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

10.59 after that. Not the worst, but what is that gas rate. It's 5.69 for 5 years.

Vs current enmax offerings of:
11.49¢/kWh*​
​5 Year Fixed Electric​ity ​Rate*​​​

$4.79/GJ*
5 Year Fixed Gas Rate​*​

[Tik-Tok]

And for only $12 a month you can have a "100% Green Add-On".

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

You get a $25 gift card, and some light thing!

[killramos]

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And for only $12 a month you can have a "100% Green Add-On".

So when the carbon tax goes up does my energy bill become negative with this add on!”?

[pheoxs]

After checking their site now I get DE ads too which are idiotic. "Get it and forget it". I'm sure they very much would love you to forget about it after it expires and goes up.

[killramos]

Direct Energy is scummy? Say it ain’t so!

[Kjonus]

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Cascade has been starting and stopping a lot for 2 months now. Guessing it's a part of regular commissioning but it seems like a lot of 4-6 hour runs and then back offline constantly. Curious if they're running into more issues than expected.

Based on the MW numbers I've been seeing they haven't gotten the ST online as of yet. It could likely have to do with steam blows, until the OEM is happy with the steam quality it could take awhile to get all the crap out of the system. Unfortunately they aren't set up with a large water source and water treatment plant that can feed steam blows for long periods of time. So most water is getting trucked in to make up.

[pheoxs]

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Based on the MW numbers I've been seeing they haven't gotten the ST online as of yet. It could likely have to do with steam blows, until the OEM is happy with the steam quality it could take awhile to get all the crap out of the system. Unfortunately they aren't set up with a large water source and water treatment plant that can feed steam blows for long periods of time. So most water is getting trucked in to make up.

That would make a lot of sense, they seem to be getting close to the 250-300MW range but never over. Meanwhile Genesee repower 1 started up like a week ago and is already straight for 400MW tonight; but that’s only the gas until the fall.

[msommers]

Wife sent me a promotion that Direct Energy has for $0.0777/kWh, we're at $0.0929 with Enmax.

Any differences really between these two in terms of reliability?

Edit: NVM, it's just a 3 month promo and then goes up to $0.1059.

[CompletelyNumb]

Classic Direct Energy. Still a decent fallback rate compared to everyone else currently.

[pheoxs]

Last couple months floating electricity has been cheaper than fixed if you had to renew to the new 11.49 cent plans. Looks to also continue decreasing this summer so worth considering if you aren't still on an older cheaper plan riding it out.

Edit: Though I guess with the extra couple cent fee from repaying the fixed rates it ends up being more? Enmax shows 10.6 cents for floating atm

[Darell_n]

Fortunately in Alberta we don’t (barely) pay for gas and power consumption. We pay for the privilege of having power and gas available plus carbon tax. Does the rate I renew at even matter anymore? My ~$250 monthly bill for both combined includes the $50 I actually used.

[ExtraSlow]

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Fortunately in Alberta we don’t (barely) pay for gas and power consumption. We pay for the privilege of having power and gas available plus carbon tax. Does the rate I renew at even matter anymore? My ~$250 monthly bill for both combined includes the $50 I actually used.

Quite true, but let's say the average house uses about as much electricty as me, which is ~680 kwh/mo = 8160 kwh/yr. So every 1c change in your rate costs you eighty bucks Saving five cents on your rate is $400/yr.
so it adds up enough to care.