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We live on Kauai. We expect to pay more for electricity. The National average is 12.54 cents per KWH KIUC charges about 3 times that. Source: http://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state.php Cents per KWH National Average Approximate KIUC rate

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We live on Kauai.We expect to pay more for electricity.

The National average is 12.54 cents per KWH

KIUC charges about 3 times that.

Source: http://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state.php

Cents per KWH

NationalAverage

ApproximateKIUC rate

To read a meter

The national average is 50 cents.

KIUC charges about 20 times that.

Why are we paying $10.27 per month to have a meter read?

Cost per meter read

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Cost in Dollars

How many KIUC employees does it take to read 3000 meters?

● One and a half Field Service Reps full time

● One Field Collection Repfull time

● 10% of One Managing Engineer

● And 25% of aSupervisor

KIUC Claims:

No Joke!

KIUC Claim: Labor to read meters Source: KIUC handout at 12/17/13 board meeting.

KIUC is charging us more for managing meter readers, than it costs to read the meters .

FieldService Rep

FieldCollection Rep

Managing

Engineer

Supervisor

Meter Reader

M a n a g e m e n t

KIUC Claim: Labor to read meters Source: KIUC handout at 12/17/13 board meeting.

KIUC is charging us morefor managing meter readers

than it costs to read the meters .

1.5 FieldService Reps

full time FieldCollection Rep

10% of aManaging Engineer

25% of a Supervisor

M a n a g e m e n t

Total Annual Labor Costs broke down

$143,955 $108,378 $12,441 $47,565

$312,339

(Meter Reader)

Total

=$143,955 $168,384+

KIUC's claim: Other Incremental CostsSource: KIUC handout at 12/17/13 board meeting.

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There ARE Smart Meter Hardware Fees and

Smart Meter Software Maintenance Fees.

How much are these Smart Meter Fees?

Aren't we ALL paying these Smart Meter Fees?

Note: There is NO software maintenance with an Analog Meter.

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Check this out:A pallet of 96 Smart Meters is 31” x 46” x 37” tall.

Stacked 2 pallets high, A space just over 10' x 15' will hold 3,000 meters!

Do you have a corner of your garage you'd like to rent out for $18,800 a year?

KIUC's claim: Other Incremental CostsSource: KIUC handout at 12/17/13 board meeting.

KIUC Claim: Yearly Costs to Monthly Costs.

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$10.27 per meter read!

The National average is 50 cents per meter read.

Does it seem reasonablethat Kauai's people will pay 20 timesthe national average to have their meters read?

Source: KIUC handout at 12/17/13 board meeting.

$10.27 per meter read!

Readers dealing with meters inside homes, rural areas, and ice & snowmay read 200 meters a day.

Easy access, tight spacing, & mild weather allows reading up to 1800 meters in a day.

Kauai does not have ice & snow, seldom has meters inside homes, and has a small amount of road compared to many rural districts.

Did you know that the average US meter reader reads 600 meters a day?

The low end is 200 meters a day.

KIUC is claiming to only be able to read halfthis number on beautiful Kauai!

KIUC has redefined the meaning of “Kauai time.”

3000 meters should be read in 15 days,NOT 45 days.KIUC is billing us for 85.5 days worth ofemployee time to read and enter 3000 meters!

Are there proven ways KIUCcould cut meter reading costs?

Yes!Many other power companies offer some or all of the following options to monthly meter reading visits:

1. Post Cards (cost about $4.00 per account per year)2. Online or email entry3. Phone in readings4. Sending in a picture5. Averaging (KIUC has been doing this for years for some)

KIUC claims all of these methods cost just as much as sending a meter reader for a personal monthly visit.

What do you think?

To sum this up:Cost per meter read

Best Performers & National Average & KIUC 2014

Source: Meter Reading Profiles & Best Practices 2011“Benchmarking Meter Reading Performance”

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Does this seem fair to you?

KIUC 20 times the national average!

Cost in Dollars

Be Akamai (Smart)!

Vote:“NO!” new fees

KIUCwww.NOnewfees.org www.safemeterKauai.org