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I have been using TXU with the wind power option. Now that the service has been outsourced, who sends the power bill doesn't really matter. They all have poor service.
I have Reliant and have never had an issue, and they have some hardware available free (smart meter monitors, Nest thermostat, etc.). However, TXU has the following plan that may appeal to EV owners:
Save With Free Nights Plan | TXU Energy
Basically this is free power from 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. every day for 12, 18 or 24 full months. For those that charge their car overnight (most people) and keep the air conditioner temp low at night, this plan could be decent. Otherwise, for an 18 month plan, this locks your daytime usage at 12.9¢ per kWh.
Yes, the 12.9¢ per kWh during the day isn't great, but you have to factor it against how much power you might use at night for air conditioning and charging the Tesla. The real cost to you will be lower than 12.9¢ per kWh in that case. Likely the deciding factor is how many miles you drive per day. However, I kind of like the idea of being able to answer "$0" when someone asks how much the car costs to drive.
Hey, stephen, this is slightly OT, but if you want to dream a bit:I have Reliant and have never had an issue, and they have some hardware available free (smart meter monitors, Nest thermostat, etc.). However, TXU has the following plan that may appeal to EV owners:
Save With Free Nights Plan | TXU Energy
Basically this is free power from 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. every day for 12, 18 or 24 full months. For those that charge their car overnight (most people) and keep the air conditioner temp low at night, this plan could be decent. Otherwise, for an 18 month plan, this locks your daytime usage at 12.9¢ per kWh.
Speaking of Elon, these might be usable as power sources for his VTOL electric globe-spanning airliners ...@Brian H: Thanks. However, I'm waiting for Elon to start selling arc reactors.
It's been a while that anybody posted to this thread
Since we have new info I thought I will ask about Texas Free Nights
Just called and talked to the rep over the phone and checked few things online.
TXU free nights for 18 months contract is 13.9 cents if using 2000kWh per month..
Anyone using TXU free nights and have good things to say about it
(I think this fits here)
"The Dallas-based transmission company is proposing the installation of 5,000 megawatts of batteries not just in its service area but across Texas’ entire grid. That is the equivalent of four nuclear power plants on a grid with a capacity of about 81,000 megawatts."
My friend forwarded this article:
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/20141108-oncor-proposes-giant-leap-for-grid-batteries.ece
That makes sense. We have a ton of wind that generates excess at night (and more turbines coming online all the time!). This would capture that excess and feed it back to the grid during peak hours. I wonder if this would lower our electric bill (yeah, right!)