Bill M wrote:
Brenda Ann wrote:


"Bill M" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann wrote:
My error.... just drop the last digit for price in $US.



About the same as mine here. Last bill was 490kwh @ $113.99.

-Bill M

But you're out there in the middle of the Caribbean... Everything
costs more in the middle of nowhere.

Sure seems that way. But no property tax since I'm 'homesteaded'.

-B.

The irony here is that the basic tariff for my 490kwh is $24.72. They
add a 'compra de energia' (energy purchase, whatever that is) of 17.79
and the 'compra de combustible' (fuel purchase) of 71.48.

We get our fuel from Hugo which is probably a tenuous situation for the
long-term future. A plan is afoot to convert to natural gas - not sure
where it would come from. There's a line on the bill now that says
"With VIA VERDE your bill would be $99.69, a savings of $14.30".

Cool, we're going GREEN! But at the same time the greenies are blocking
construction of the new gas pipeline to be dug along the existing
right-of-way. Go figure.