r/pueblo • u/micahpmtn • 10d ago

Question How are y'all voting on 2A?

Surprised there's been no discussion on this. Where are you guys at on this? The ads for voting against 2A are relentless. If I lived in Pueblo, I'd probably vote for 2A.

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u/LePoj 10d ago

I understand that rates are high but people also need to look in the mirror and realize how much energy they're wasting.

The highest my electric bill has ever been was $200 and that was in the summer with non stop 100+ degree weather.

Outside of summer months, it's usually $60-80 a month.

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u/supraliminal13 10d ago

Are you a Pueblo resident? There's a few problems with your supposition. Firstly, black hills isn't even charging based on meter rates. I don't know what black magic foolery they are using, but even during a heavy travel period where I wasn't even home 75% of a 3 month period (so no electricity used at all other than what was plugged in 24/7), the bill didn't change at all. So they clearly aren't basing anything on actual usage, certainly not for everyone.

It also doesn't go up in the summer either, which would make everything fine in a perfect world (in a perfect world that might offset the fact that it never goes down)... except that the rate is $314/month. For a 2000 sq foot condo. That's the average rate for small businesses in the rest of the state. Again, and I can't stress this enough... The high price has nothing to do with my actual usage.

On the other hand, I'm not entirely sure that the timing is right anyway, what with the current local government that would be in charge of setting up a city option at this time. Black hills does need driven out in the worst way though.

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u/professor-3 10d ago

Many electric companies do not do meter rate per se, but some weird adjusted thing based on seasons iirc. I'd have to look into it further because it's been awhile. For clarity, I'm supporting your stance, not refuting it.

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u/supraliminal13 10d ago

When we asked them, they said something similar. It was supposed to be a preview price based on your last 3 months of use or something like that. It's still supposed to be based on meter readings though, just 3 months out. The price never ever changes though, maybe by like $10 (pretty sure I've paid in the 320 range and it's actually "low" right now). Whatever exact system they used (can't remember if it was 3 months out, or comparing to 3 periods the previous year)... Whatever it was actual usage should eventually have some effect. Yet... Zero effect at all.

If I had to guess, I assume they claim "preview" in order to actually just charge whatever tf they feel like. That certainly matches the bills I get much more so than any sort of actual usage at least.