Electricity Price Increases

[Torvy]

Being in a CO-OP has also helped mitigate a big increase for us as well. People just a few miles away on AEP have seen 40-50% increases in just the last year. Everyone thought a new natural gas power plant going in was going to lower electricity prices. Not so much when all that power is being sent to the East coast.

Good point. The system in the US is too centralized, in one sense. We need a series of small grids that can be manually connected in an emergency, but otherwise operate independently. Power generation needs to happen closer to where it ia used. Cities use most of it, but they use their electoral power to push generation out to rural areas. Some people have no idea how food shows up on their tables.

 

[DarkBlack]

Not so much when all that power is being sent to the East coast.

Where are you at? You don’t have anything under your profile

 

[walhondingMF]

Where are you at? You don’t have anything under your profile

In southeast Ohio. The natural gas boom has led to several power plants being constructed in this part of the state.

 

[MossRoad]

In southeast Ohio. The natural gas boom has led to several power plants being constructed in this part of the state.

Someone built a natural gas plant west of here several years ago and then sold it to two co-ops, neither of which serve our area.

Then Amazon built two data centers right next to it, as well as GM battery plant, so you have to wonder if they're selling to them since they're right across the road from each other.