On May 16, 11:24 pm, Kevin Wayne Williams <kww.niho...@verizon.nut>
wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> > In 1992 the place I worked out often featured girls bringing their
> > winter woollies to work, or a blanket to warm legs. My office is
> > usually at 27-28 during summer and depending on where people sit it
> > can still feel cold. Using plastic sheets to re-direct the airflow
> > seems to help.
>
> I keep my living quarters at 28, guest rooms at 25. If a guest requests
> it, I will set the room as low as 23, but no further (my rate here is 50
> Antillean cents/kwh, or 34 yen/kwh). I actually had one guest leave in a
> fury because I would not set her room to 16.
>
> Just curious, what are electric rates in Japan these days?

Depends on what your preferred kihonryoukin is, and there are
different rates for business users and homes, as well as various
plans. For my area the plans look like these...

http://www.chuden.co.jp/tetsuduki/index.html (scroll down a bit)

I pay 30.46 yen per kw during peaks.

Maybe power prices are different in other parts of the country as
well, probably highest in Tokyo. Doesn't TEPCO have to cover the debt
payments and maintenance costs for something like 17 shut down nuclear
reactors?