Introducing STEP-3 | Texas electricity plans weekend suggestion

Bob Liu
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Introducing STEP-3 Feb 6, 2021 18:04:34 GMT -6

Post by Bob Liu on Feb 6, 2021 18:04:34 GMT -6

Introducing STEP-3

Is it a good or bad thing? You’ll be the judge. :)
We have more stepping stones now (good).
We just need to figure out how to use them.
This makes ways of switching get more complicated (bad).

Just find out another way with 3 STEPs of switching.
It’d been updated and posted in the weekly suggestion.

STEP-1: 3 months term
STEP-2: 3 months term (with Switch date: up to 3 months from now)
STEP-3: 4 months term (with Switch date: up to 6 months from now)

Total is 10(3+3+4) months.
They’ll get us from Feb to Nov, safely pass summer.
And the rates should be better, depending on your usage.

It depends on the individual's current expiration date.
There may be other good ways of doing it.
We just need to figure it out. :)

Jonathan S.
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Introducing STEP-3 Feb 8, 2021 10:19:51 GMT -6

Post by Jonathan S. on Feb 8, 2021 10:19:51 GMT -6

Hi Bob,
Thanks as always for keeping this project updated. Once issue I noticed today, regarding Step 2 options, Gexa will not let you sign up for a "full" 3 months out. Today is 2/8 and the furthest-out I could sign up with Gexa is April 9 which is only 2 months. That means the switch date won't qualify for the 14-days prior to Step 1's end date.

Bob Liu
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Introducing STEP-3 Feb 8, 2021 10:45:15 GMT -6

Post by Bob Liu on Feb 8, 2021 10:45:15 GMT -6

I checked. You are right. :) And thanks for the notifying.
Their Pricing Dept. and Enrollment Dept. finally synced. :)
OK, guys. The happy hours are over.

Frontier Energy and Gexa Energy now only allow TWO months.

Give me some time,
and I’ll make an update about what we can do now.

Bob Liu
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Introducing STEP-3 Feb 8, 2021 13:12:58 GMT -6

Post by Bob Liu on Feb 8, 2021 13:12:58 GMT -6

I’ve removed Frontier and Gexa from the suggestion.
And updated with a new one in the main thread at:
ptc-weekly.boards.net/thread/28/suggestions-2021

There’s another interesting “thing”.
I don’t want to put it in my suggestion,
until STEP-2’s Energy Charge is high, say over 3 ¢/kWh.

This is the “thing”.
Amigo, Just, Tara are companies under “Just Energy Group Inc.”
They all allow us to select ANY switch date later (except weekends).
This is apparently a mistake and they do not know yet. :)

Bob Liu
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Introducing STEP-3 Feb 9, 2021 17:08:38 GMT -6

Post by Bob Liu on Feb 9, 2021 17:08:38 GMT -6

It’s my bad that I revealed the “ANY future switch date” on Just Energy Group. I’ve thought it over, let’s go for them now instead of later. I made another update in the weekly suggestion.

STEP-1: 3 months term
STEP-2: 3 months term (with Switch date: ANY date later)
STEP-3: 3 months term (with Switch date: ANY date later)

Total is 9(3+3+3) months.

Keep in mind - do not switch to the same company.
And Just Energy Group WILL change their “ANY switch date”,
when they find out. :)
Let us know when they do.

Last Edit: Feb 9, 2021 17:09:13 GMT -6 by Bob Liu