How to Calculate Electric Costs for Your Pond Pumps!

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studd muffin;4189977; said:
This is how much you pay per KWatt an hour in your area.

This is in cents:

New England 11.66
Connecticut 11.35
Maine 12.88
Massachusetts 11.45
New Hampshire 11.99
Rhode Island 11.45
Vermont 12.79 Middle Atlantic 11.65
New Jersey 10.73
New York 14.30
Pennsylvania 9.63 East North Central 8.22
Illinois 8.50
Indiana 7.02
Michigan 8.51
Ohio 8.33
Wisconsin 8.61
Pacific 1 15.05
Alaska 12.75
Hawaii 16.59
Pacific 2 9.94
California 11.87
Oregon 7.06
Washington 6.24
West North Central 7.53
Iowa 8.60
Kansas 7.86
Minnesota 7.74
Missouri 7.07
Nebraska 6.92
North Dakota 6.67
South Dakota 7.62
South Atlantic 8.14
Delaware 8.64
D. Of Columbia 8.44
Florida 8.55
Georgia 7.85
Maryland 7.87
North Carolina 8.29
South Carolina 7.90
Virginia 7.88
West Virginia 6.26
East South Central 6.75
Alabama 7.29
Kentucky 5.80
Mississippi 7.68
Tennessee 6.49
West South Central 8.74
Arkansas 7.42
Louisiana 8.02
Oklahoma 7.67
Texas 9.24 Mountain 8.06
Arizona 8.48
Colorado 7.97
Idaho 6.40
Montana 7.63
Nevada 8.97
New Mexico 8.69
Utah 6.84
Wyoming 7.10


I am going to guess that wherever you got this from figured the avg. cost statewide in each state. IF NOT THEN WE CAN NOT USE THESE #'S FOR MUCH. Where I live in In Southwestern IN each company sets their own price. My girlfriends parents who live 1/4 mile from me pay around 7 cents, but I pay nearly 10 cents. The cutoff from 1 electric company to the other lies somewhere in between. I was like :WHOA::WHOA::WHOA: :swear::swear::swear:when I saw that they used more electricity than we do and had a bill that was far far less.
 
Yet another reason I decided to stick to mostly cold water species. No heating bill! LOL.

Thanks for posting this. :)
 
Great Post! Also FYI: When purchasing pumps for the aquarium or pond industry watch out for the marketing phrase "Energy Efficient". These industries do not have a golden standard on defining what that is! Appliances do...it's called "Energy Star" and can be found on items such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and so on. So the next time you want to buy a pump don't just look for the words "Energy Efficient" use the info above to make an educated decision on your purchase!

Here is a great calculator for the ones that just want to fill in the numbers

http://www.koienterprise.com/Pump-Cost-Calculator.html
 
koienterprise;4787219; said:
Great Post! Also FYI: When purchasing pumps for the aquarium or pond industry watch out for the marketing phrase "Energy Efficient". These industries do not have a golden standard on defining what that is! Appliances do...it's called "Energy Star" and can be found on items such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and so on. So the next time you want to buy a pump don't just look for the words "Energy Efficient" use the info above to make an educated decision on your purchase!

Here is a great calculator for the ones that just want to fill in the numbers

http://www.koienterprise.com/Pump-Cost-Calculator.html

Awesome link! Thanks for sharing!
 
where did your regional figures come from. im confused! from what i can see on my bill is 1.7 per day ? my bill reads energy charge per day.. 2100 kwh @ $0.073630 that times 24 hours is 1.7 cents a day??

so i got.
280x24=6720/1000=6.72x.073630=.4947936 so about .49 cents a day?
 
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