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Saying this "isn't a tax increase" is like saying the purchase of a new car doesn't cost more as long as the payment stays the same. Completely ignore extending the payments by 6 years ��
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Understand OKC is not gonna EVER let this "temporary tax" die, it's too much revenue.

They have 5 yrs to find something voters will approve to keep this going. Dec 12 vote is simply the "first...

$900 million divided by 500K population works out to be roughly $1,800 per person. It's not "just a penny".

Another way to look at it is if you spend $30k per year, that's $300 in sales taxes for...

Smarthours would probably help you if you like it cool at night. 1/2 price power after 7pm.

Loving the 6 and 11 cent days we have had for the past couple of weeks. Makes up for all those critical days back in July.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City residents will head to the polls next week to consider bond and sales tax initiatives in the ‘Better Streets, Safer City’ election.

First, voters will decide whether...

ALL of Smarthours savings are outside the hours of 2-7pm. 2-7pm is when rates are expensive.
Smarthours savings comes from paying 1/2 price the other 143 hours of the week.

I'm surprised you haven't put a different thermostat in since you're not on the smart hours program. Why not a wifi thermostat?
Did you look into the TOU rate program?

OGE stated on their Facebook page that they were going to make it good and only charge 6 cents for Friday.

Any thermostat that could be controlled with an app would be good.
OGE really missed the boat not providing wifi thermostats, this is 2017.

Exactly. Even with small changes, it's enough to make a difference. Try 2-degree pre cool, and 2 degrees higher 2-7pm. Not much differnce in comfort, but enough to save on the bill.

No gas heat? Or do you just not count it because you aren't running the heat in the summer?
If no gas heat I'd seriously consider going all-electric house and dumping hundreds of dollars in meter...

I'm not a fan of the shuretape, I've seen the adheasive dry out juts like regular duct tape. Mastic is best, but it's messy, metal foil tape is a good choice also. Any tape you use shoudl be UL181...

There shouldn't be a HVAC return in the kitchen to begin with, it's against code.

I work for a Commercial HVAC company and have talked to techs that work at different places.
Randall's are good people, I would recommend them for residential.
I've talked to techs from Interstate,...

74f normally, 78f during peak hours (2-7pm weekdays), 72f night. Haven't had an electric bill over $100 since I replaced my AC back in 2012

I called today to get a quote for GFB. OGE couldn't give it to me on the phone since I'm a smarthours customer. They said they would calculate it and mail me the results. I suspect it will be much...

OGE definitely missed the boat by not offering a thermostat that can be controlled with a phone app.

The energy savings is exactly the same with your thermostat or OGE's if they are programmed the same. I have the OGE Carrier thermostat because I'm just too cheap to buy a wifi model.

They sure did. OG&E claimed they lost $30 Million over 3 years. I bet a large chunk of that was advertising costs, seemed like they were always running ads in previous years.

Providing the the...

Anybody notice that Smarthours has basically disappeared from OGE's website? No advertising or any mention of it for 2017. Could this be the end of Smarthours?

OGE also had a change in Terms of...

I've thought about this. Smarthours in May, before your june billign cycle hits. Call and switch to TOU rates in June, before the July billing cycle hits. You take advantage of the cheap 2-7s in...

Did you ever figure out the problem with the high energy use?

My question is why do you have a Heat Pump if you have Natural Gas in the house?
And yes, an improper coil changeout
can certainly...

I know it's a year late, but a few things to try:
Plug hole in the wall where the thermostat wire goes through (behind thermosat)
Your old mechanical thermostat didn't report temps accurately....

Agreed, it's crony capitalism at it's finest.
Understand the government ends up approving rate hikes for ALL utilities rebate/energy savings programs. You didn't think those were actually free, did...