Bruce Toback wrote:
> In Arizona (and New Mexico, Wirt?), consumers have the option of being
> billed either a flat rate per KWH, or on a more sophisticated system
> where we're charged more per KWH during peak periods (at my home, it's
> 9AM - 9PM Monday-Friday), and where there's also a charge for the amount
> of time that the instantaneous demand goes above 10KW during the peak
> period. By switching to this system from the fixed-price system, and
> making some painless life-style changes (doing the dishes after 9PM), I
> cut my summer electric bill by almost 1/3. If I install some reasonably
> simple electronic controls, I can cut another 15% or so.

A similar option has long been available in for Southern California Edison
customers:

http://www.sce.com/your_home/009e_dup1c_spectouopt.shtml

I have no idea of what percentage of customers opt for these special rate
schedules.
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