Free nighttime electricity in Texas!

[Lloyd]

There is somewhere in SLO with a water table that high? I went to Cal Poly and my father still lives in Morro Bay. I didn't know the water table was so close to the surface anywhere in the area.

Edna:

35.208138

-120.605745

This area was a swamp before they decided to develop it!

 

[gizmoboy]

Edna:

35.208138

-120.605745

This area was a swamp before they decided to develop it!

Get out of the Texas sub-forum, you crazy Californians!

 

[Lloyd]

:redface:

 

[ohmman]

Yes, really. With the soil in Texas basements aren't viable. They would be flooded with every rain.

This is a myth. I built one in Austin, never flooded. The reasons behind the lack of basements in parts of Texas (among many other western states) is that there isn't a custom of building them. They built pier and beam houses there. There was little need to get utility service below the "frost line" in warmer parts of the state, so tying in didn't require excavating anyway.

With my basement, we had the challenges of putting pumps in to pump wastewater from the basement plumbing UP to the sewer lines, which sit just below grade.

A basement in Texas is an awesome thing, by the way. The climate control is awesome.

 

[Shaggy]

Austin Energy actually has a time of use rate that overnight is a $-02.3 per KWh. http://austinenergy.com/

Unfortunately once you hit zero, it's only a credit, no cash out. My solar is keeping me in the negative, so neither battery or ToU help me.

 

[KJD]

Austin Energy actually has a time of use rate that overnight is a $-02.3 per KWh. http://austinenergy.com/
Unfortunately once you hit zero, it's only a credit, no cash out. My solar is keeping me in the negative, so neither battery or ToU help me.

2.3 cents per kWh is a bargin. How about a Tesla 85 for 56k to soak up more of that low priced electricity ?
85 kWh Model S P06157 | Tesla Motors

 

[Doug Darby]

I was surprised and glad to see that Chris was really making the "free" nightime electrcity work for him... ($0.033 per kwh avg)
I never assume Free is really free so I generally just stick to switching power providers often to keep my rate down. I currently pay $ 0.055 regardless of when I use the power. Not as inexpensive as Chris has it going but I don't have any worries about scheduling when I charge or wash dishes etc. As long as you are not currently served by a COOP you really do have the Powertochoose.org your power provider and select a low cost plan herre in Texas due to deregulation.