[BC] WMRO power bill

[Scott Bailey]

Dana & Others,

   After talking with the meter reader supervisor at the Gallatin Department of Electricity today, we believe that the meter on my building has been read wrong over the past several months. I'm going to keep track of the meter readings, and so is the meter reader supervisor. It could be the meter. If so, the meter will be changed out. 

  They are going to put a device at my meter base tomorrow to see if anything funny is going on. It will be left on for a week, then I will get a call back from the supervisor about the power consumption of this building. That BE Transmitter can't be burning that much AC, and they have agreed with me on this. So we will see.

  During the summer, if the demand is too high, due to hot temps. We cut the power to 250 watts and shut off all the lights, and anything not being used in the building so we are doing our part to not put such of a demand on the TVA system. I don't have a generator, but I guess I need to invest into one at Home Depot or Lowes. Not a bad idea Dana!

Thanks Buddy!
          Scott

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Scott Bailey
WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN
  
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dana  Puopolo" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
>
> Scott,
> 
> Since your power draw is pretty constant, you might consider talking to the
> power company about demand billing. This might save you some money on your
> bill. Also, if you have a generator, many utilities offer a substantial
> discount to users who are willing to go offline under brownout conditions. You
> probably could trade out an electrical start generator for your 1 kW BE-a 5-7
> KW should be plenty, even to run the basics at your studio.
> 
> -D