Switching to TOU electric

[oldblue]

I'm considering switching my electric to a "Time-of-use" plan, instead of my normal constant rate plan, since i run my lights at night. But being in a non-med western state, do u guys think it's a bad idea? I run about 1500 total watts in my grow. If i switch, it'll save me 5 cents a kw/h(currently around 13cents constant), which would prob save me $20-30 a month. BUT the drawback on that is then they'd be able to see when i'm using the power. They told me that with my current digital meter, they can only see how much i'm using, but cant tell when its being used. I'm just wondering if saving that extra money will jeopardize my security at all? What are everyones thoughts on this?

 

[compost]

is 20-30 dollars worth it for how much you could potentially worry about the implications?

 

[cliffy]

Pay a little extra a month and sleep better at night. A peace of mind is a wonderful thing. Hmm, I thought all digital meters could tell when power is being used? I still have the older styled ones.

 

[SOTF420]

Keep everything the way it is and grow an extra plant to pay for the juice

 

[compost]

my times worth $20 an hour, if I lose more then an hour asleep a month then where is the savings lol...

 

[oldblue]

Good points everyone. I'll be keeping it the same. I'm already paranoid enough.

And yeah, i didnt know with the digitals meters that they cant tell times either. When i called them to ask about the TOU plan, i asked the girl to pull up my acct and check out when i use most of my power, to see if itd be helpful to change plans, and she told me that the meters cant see that. That they need to come and install a special TOU meter for that. Good to know!