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Siwsan

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19. My body temperature runs pretty low - in the 97 range - so I'm not very sensitive to heat.

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #16)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 08:11 PM

Jun 2021

The few times I've used it, I've never run the AC at night. I just open the bedroom window and turn on a fan. Most mornings I wake up beneath the blanket.

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The local power company is raising our rates by 50%, between 2 and 7 pm, until September. [View all] Siwsan Jun 2021 OP

CMS Energy? roamer65 Jun 2021 #1

Consumers Energy Siwsan Jun 2021 #2

That means DTE Energy will do it as well. roamer65 Jun 2021 #5

and what is the excuse for the increase? nt msongs Jun 2021 #3

Is there a good reason? WarGamer Jun 2021 #4

Something about avoiding the need to build new power plants, heading towards a cleaner future. Siwsan Jun 2021 #9

When I used to live in AZ, we had graduated billing. WarGamer Jun 2021 #13

On the rare occasion I turn on the AC, it's set about the same - high 70's to 80. Siwsan Jun 2021 #17

yup, makes sense... WarGamer Jun 2021 #18

DTE keeps threatening to build the Enrico Fermi Unit 3 nuke. roamer65 Jun 2021 #20

My local utility charges by peak hours too. I just have to schedule laundry in the wee hours hlthe2b Jun 2021 #6

exactly! Been there, done that. WarGamer Jun 2021 #14

Being able to adapt is a definite bonus Siwsan Jun 2021 #15

Consumers Energy in Michigan MichMan Jun 2021 #7

I'm not sure there aren't peak hours anywhere in the US anymore PortTack Jun 2021 #8

Yea - 2 to 7 seem weird. Later in the day would make more sense to me. Siwsan Jun 2021 #11

How hot does it get in Michigan? We couldn't do this in the South. JoanofArgh Jun 2021 #10

We're heading into the high 80's, low 90's, this weekend and into early next week Siwsan Jun 2021 #12

I remember a thread, here I believe?, that asked what thermostats Hortensis Jun 2021 #16

My body temperature runs pretty low - in the 97 range - so I'm not very sensitive to heat. Siwsan Jun 2021 #19

Same here. This is GA, and in the worst of cream-soup summer nights Hortensis Jun 2021 #21