[Electronic-lan] Question re: 83% savings with Westar wind energy

[Melinda]

Exactly. But it's only a 22% reduction on the fuel charge, which is a 
tiny portion of the entire portfolio. I'm working to get that information.

On 1/19/2019 2:03 PM, Paradigm Design via Electronic-lan wrote:
> The actual rate comparison refers to a Westar "fuel factor cost", 
> which is only a portion of the 10.5 cents per kWh total rate that 
> Lawrence pays.
>
> The fuel factor cost for Lawrence is now 2.3 cents per kWh.  If they 
> bought the wind power, it would drop to a discount rate of 1.8 cents 
> per kWh, a 22% reduction.
>
> The confusion arose from Dave Wagner's talking about only the 10.5 
> cents per kWh at the City Commission meeting, and not the fuel factor 
> cost of 2.3 cents per kWh.  Someone in this forum assumed the discount 
> would drop from 10.5 cents per kWh to 1.8 cents per kWh, which would 
> be 83%, but mistaken.
>
> Still, a 22% discount isn't to be sneezed at, especially if Lawrence 
> takes our Climate Protection Plan seriously.
>
>
> On 1/17/19 4:16 PM, Melinda via Electronic-lan wrote:
>>
>> Can someone please remind me where the 83% number came from? Thanks.
>>
>> ...Melin
>>
>> -- 
>> /"The first lesson to be learned by every citizen who desires to 
>> bring about a higher life in our American cities is that he must take 
>> an active part in managing the affairs of his own city."/
>>
>> --Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook Magazine, Dec 21, 1895
>>
>
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