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To: Zhang Fei
assuming power costs $0.10 per kWH

If you were in California, the higher tier rates for most are more than $0.30 per kwhhr.

47 posted on 01/25/2011 2:07:11 PM PST by SeeSac
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To: SeeSac
If you were in California, the higher tier rates for most are more than $0.30 per kwhhr.

In that case, the economic rationale for adopting CFL's in CA is 3x as compelling. $16.625 of savings a year (more than covering the cost of a $5 CFL) on the basis of using a 26W CFL in place of a 100W incandescent for 2 hours a day. It's not a huge amount, but most people use more than 1 bulb in their homes, and most light bulbs are on for more than 2 hours a day. If you can stand the illumination provided by CFL's, it's a painless way to save a few hundred bucks a year on power costs.

66 posted on 01/25/2011 2:16:44 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
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