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Originally Posted by MandoMan
Interesting news, Toymeister. I’m sure you have been analyzing all this. What have you come up with? Can you deal with turning off the AC from 2-6 in the summer and from 6-9 am in the winter (well, maybe a month with the heater on at that time). Is this likely to increase our bills? Is it likely to encourage us to turn off the AC for a few hours to save money? Would it really make that much of a difference?
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I have analyzed the new pricing and I am predicting lower bills. My strategy is super cooling the home, changing the pool pump timing, using delay start on the dishwasher and charging the car stating at midnight. Most already mentioned here.
I recently did a hard data reset on my whole house energy monitor so I don't have enough hard data to precisely monetize this. Frankly,I'm not going to change my lifestyle to hyper save on a utility bill.
My effective electric cost per gallon equivalent for my PHEV will be 88.6 cents per gallon. This brings the premium paid for a PHEV into the reasonable payback realm.