Weird line around edge of Samsung LCD

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Running the Plasma during peak hours is too expensive.

This some kind of smartphone data streaming rate thing, or is the California electrical grid so screwed up they're charging more for power during peak hours (I've never heard of a time varied electrical utility rate for residential customers before)?

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

This some kind of smartphone data streaming rate thing, or is the California electrical grid so screwed up they're charging more for power during peak hours (I've never heard of a time varied electrical utility rate for residential customers before)?

Here in the Tucson area, Tucson Electric Power offers a couple of types of discount rates, one set based on time-of-day rates and another based on peak demand. Unfortunately, neither helps me, since 1) I am retired and home all day; and 2) my house has two independent HVAC units, one for upstairs and one for downstairs, and when both happen to run at the same time, they exceed any of the demand-limited plans.

Back in northern Illinois, Com Ed had a small discount plan based on allowing remote shut off of the AC compressor - $5 / month for up to 1/2 hour per day, and $10 for up to a few hours a day (don't recall how many). I had the $5 plan, and only once in 15 years did they actually cycle the compressor off.