Noreco electricity prices

So, does anyone have any answers why the electric cost per Kwh is so high?
It surely is not the service or the quality of electricity. Ours varies from 140 to 210 volts. The low voltage is between 5:30 and 8:30 at night (every night) but usually varies from 200 to 180 in the day. Forget about running anything but lights and TV in the evening. I have a constant line voltage monitor on the main line coming into the house.

 

I'm sure this is not the answer you are looking for. What I had to do to solve the same problem was buy my own transformer and have Noreco install it. Problem solved, I can run anything including 3 aircons, but costly.

 

Dont you get FREE electricity for living in Valencia anyway?

 

158V currently. We get a rebate here on electric but if it is low voltage and your appliances burn up what help is that? I can buy a transformer but without knowing if the low volts is due to overloaded transformer or low line voltage I can not make an educated decision. Does no good to buy a transformer if the line voltage is dropping in the evening. I can't find any info on Noreco ll web site or their Facebook page about what is supposed to be their minimum voltage supply before they upgrade an area that is growing. Normally 10% + or - is acceptable so 200 to 240V. It is rare that it makes it up to even 200V here. I have seen 136V at the entry point on the house some nights. It is what it is. Maybe someday I can find someone to explain their idea of "good electrical service" as it is in their bylaws.
My original question is still how is it about 35% higher cost here than where I came from where they have coal, bio (wood chips) and hydro and it is also a coop? I would say a lot of money is going somewhere and it is not infrastructure or salaries.
No complaints, just questions, Our family is happy right where we are.

 

If you have your own transformer, you should have a stable voltage of around 220 volt.
Don't forget that the kilowatt price per unit is higher if you have your own transformer.

 

We have our own transformer on one feed (we have two feeds from two different sources). The one with a private transformer is quite a bit more stable than the one that runs the entire neighborhood, but the voltage does still fluctuate according to time of day (number of users).

Right now is 206.

Larry

 

Why is that?

 

According to Noreco, they charge a higher price because of the losses a transformer generates (heat production in the transformer)

 

And their transformers are 100% efficient?

 

Can you have solar power set up there so that the extra power you make you sell back Noreco like we have here in Australia