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[Holyreefer]

Hello fellow reefers
I'm a recent relocate to TX and have all of these options for electric company providers. After looking at the options would someone be able to suggest to me the best option or company to use?

I'm looking at plans for usage at 1k or 2kwh typically do our tanks usage more or less than 1-2kwh I know watts but am not familiar with kWh


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[aquaman30k]

Our house with the tank runs about 1500-2200kwh a month. Summer is obviously the highest around 2500kwh. We use Reliant and have been fairly pleased.

 

[billw]

I'm looking at plans for usage at 1k or 2kwh typically do our tanks usage more or less than 1-2kwh I know watts but am not familiar with kWh


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A kWh (kilowatt-hour) is a unit to measure power usage. Say you are burning 10 100 watt lightbulbs. You would be using 1000 watts or 1 kilowatt of power. If you burned them for one hour you would be consuming 1 kilowatt-hour of energy. To calculate the monthly usage of your tank, take the watts used times the hours in a month which gives you watt-hours. Divide by 1000 to get kilowatt hours.

 

[Holyreefer]

Our house with the tank runs about 1500-2200kwh a month. Summer is obviously the highest around 2500kwh. We use Reliant and have been fairly pleased.

Thank you for your response. I noticed reliant was better priced


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[Holyreefer]

A kWh (kilowatt-hour) is a unit to measure power usage. Say you are burning 10 100 watt lightbulbs. You would be using 1000 watts or 1 kilowatt of power. If you burned them for one hour you would be consuming 1 kilowatt-hour of energy. To calculate the monthly usage of your tank, take the watts used times the hours in a month which gives you watt-hours. Divide by 1000 to get kilowatt hours.

Thank you


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[d2mini]

I use a different provider ever single year, to get the best price. The renewal price is never as good as the introductory price, usually going up 2-3 cents per kw/h.
Remember, these are all just middlemen. Your electricity is still coming from CenterPoint Energy and this is who you are going to call if you have power problems.
The other guys just flip the switch and take your money.

Also, make sure you read the fine print. Make sure the price shown is all inclusive, and make sure it's the price that corresponds to the amount of power you use.
The price will change if you use less than 500 kw/h per month, less than 1000, more than 2000, etc.
Look at your prior usage to figure that out. Our house (4 people and tank) always use more than 1000 per month. I'm current using around 550 kw/h per week in a 2400 sq ft house with two high efficiency AC systems.

 

[PorpoiseHork]

My usage typically runs 1300 to 1700Kw and my last bill was only $75. I keep the house at 76 during the day and 69 at night. I use Power Express and get an $80 discount if I use over 1Kw per month. That discount wipes out the Centerpoint delivery charges that are also applied to the monthly bill. My winter bills are higher due to my usage falling below the discount threshold, but it more than makes up for it in the summer.

 

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[Holyreefer]

I use a different provider ever single year, to get the best price. The renewal price is never as good as the introductory price, usually going up 2-3 cents per kw/h.
Remember, these are all just middlemen. Your electricity is still coming from CenterPoint Energy and this is who you are going to call if you have power problems.
The other guys just flip the switch and take your money.

Also, make sure you read the fine print. Make sure the price shown is all inclusive, and make sure it's the price that corresponds to the amount of power you use.
The price will change if you use less than 500 kw/h per month, less than 1000, more than 2000, etc.
Look at your prior usage to figure that out. Our house (4 people and tank) always use more than 1000 per month. I'm current using around 550 kw/h per week in a 2400 sq ft house with two high efficiency AC systems.

This is good to know it will only be majority of the year. When I started to look at pricing I said it's just like internet for the best price I'll have to switch yearly. Thank you


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[Holyreefer]

My usage typically runs 1300 to 1700Kw and my last bill was only $75. I keep the house at 76 during the day and 69 at night. I use Power Express and get an $80 discount if I use over 1Kw per month. That discount wipes out the Centerpoint delivery charges that are also applied to the monthly bill. My winter bills are higher due to my usage falling below the discount threshold, but it more than makes up for it in the summer.

That's crazy you get a $80.00 credit monthly. Thanks for the response


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[d2mini]

This is good to know it will only be majority of the year. When I started to look at pricing I said it's just like internet for the best price I'll have to switch yearly. Thank you


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Not sure what you mean about majority of the year, but yes... i switch annually for the best savings.

 

[i_am_poor]

The best time to switch/renew is during winter months like December or January

 

[Holyreefer]

Not sure what you mean about majority of the year, but yes... i switch annually for the best savings.

I meant to say majority of the year it's only me & the tank in the household summer months there will be 3 in the house.


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[RR-MAN]

I'm not an expert by I do know one thing...my bill reduced by 30% when I changed from reliant.

My famous words...RELIANT IS A RIP OFF!!!!

 

[aquaman30k]

I'm not an expert by I do know one thing...my bill reduced by 30% when I changed from reliant.

My famous words...RELIANT IS A RIP OFF!!!!

I know Reliant isn't the cheapest but once our promotional period was up, none of the other companies were offering deals around November that were worth switching. Now that it's warmer out I imagine there are better promotions.

 

[PorpoiseHork]

I used to have Reliant, but I found that they were scamming me on the "free nights and weekends" deal. They were using this super complicated billing breakdown that listed all the usage but had it priced in different ways and when it all totaled up after numerous calls to their billing dpt. I found that my original rate of 6.5 per Kw/h was actually 15.75 per Kw/h once you added in the Centerpoint delivery charges and everything so it completely negated the "free" portion of usage. When I switched from them to Spark my monthly bill went from averaging 230 a month to 95 in the summer months.

That's crazy you get a $80.00 credit monthly. Thanks for the response


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Yeah it was their super saver plan or something like that, and I have only ever seen it offered in late fall to warly winter. You can go to Powertochoose.org and look at all the available plans and providers that are available. It's sweet to have but I have to use at least 1Kw of power to get it. So I'm always at odds with myself over it. Should I conserve energy or go for broke to get the discount.

 

[aquaman30k]

I use Power Express and get an $80 discount if I use over 1Kw per month.

Your post prompted us to switch today. I just looked on Power to choose and found a plan with Discount Power that offers an $85 credit for any usage over 1000Kwh.

It was the Green Prime Plus -24 but they also offer a 12 month as well. [emoji817] renewable as well for no additional cost.

 

[d2mini]

FWIW, this month's bill with Breeze Energy cost me $175 for 2447 kw/h.

That's like 7.1 cents per kw/hr after all fees, taxes, etc.

 

[PorpoiseHork]

Your post prompted us to switch today. I just looked on Power to choose and found a plan with Discount Power that offers an $85 credit for any usage over 1000Kwh.

It was the Green Prime Plus -24 but they also offer a 12 month as well. [emoji817] renewable as well for no additional cost.

Nice! Glad you found something to help save some money!

FWIW, this month's bill with Breeze Energy cost me $175 for 2447 kw/h.

That's like 7.1 cents per kw/hr after all fees, taxes, etc.

Not a bad rate, but what all do you have running that uses that much power?

The most I have ever used was last August in 102F heat and it topped out at 1955 Kw. At the time I had 3 high end gaming computers that average usage is 3-5 hours a day, draw about 450W when idling each, 5 aquariums ranging from 5g to 40g with lighting and heat. An ancient Sony Triniton CRT 32" TV that made the lights in 1/2 the house dim when it got turned on. So you know it sucked the power down like beer at a frat party. House temps kept at 78 during the day and brought down to 69 at 8PM and kept there for 11 hours. And that's not to mention all the other electric devices I have, Like 2 fridges and a deep freeze, 3 hepa filter fans that run 24/7, countless energy vampires and a wife and two girls who only know how to flip the light switches up.

 

[d2mini]

Not a bad rate, but what all do you have running that uses that much power?

The most I have ever used was last August in 102F heat and it topped out at 1955 Kw. At the time I had 3 high end gaming computers that average usage is 3-5 hours a day, draw about 450W when idling each, 5 aquariums ranging from 5g to 40g with lighting and heat. An ancient Sony Triniton CRT 32" TV that made the lights in 1/2 the house dim when it got turned on. So you know it sucked the power down like beer at a frat party. House temps kept at 78 during the day and brought down to 69 at 8PM and kept there for 11 hours. And that's not to mention all the other electric devices I have, Like 2 fridges and a deep freeze, 3 hepa filter fans that run 24/7, countless energy vampires and a wife and two girls who only know how to flip the light switches up.

LOL, just the way it is man. And we keep our house cooler.