Update on our Pedestal Metering Town Hall
Tony Barthel and I fielded some interesting questions last night about campground metering on our live webcasst
Please add your voice to this important discussion
Thanks to everyone who watched and participated in our Town Hall Meeting on Campground Metering last night. And thank you Tony for your time and input.
If you didn’t get to stream it live, here it is for you to watch at your leisure. Click on the link or picture. Please take a look and add your own comments and suggestions below.
As noted, we’ll be sending your comments to a number of campground associations who are designing how new campsite power grids will be built. So speak now or forever hold your peace.
Watch the 60 minute Town Hall webcast HERE
Make your comments below
What do you think?
Should campgrounds begin metering power for everyone?
What about EV charging rates?
Should there be a surcharge for the number of A/C units on your roof?
What are your concerns about being properly billed for power?
Will campgrounds lower their daily rates and add your kWh costs?
Can campgrounds legally markup their kWh rates?
Please watch and add your comments below and become part of the decision process.
Let’s play safe out there… Mike
Metering is fair to everyone. Let the lite users pay their own tiny bill and the heavy users pay their own massive bill. Lite users shouldn't have to subsidize the heavy users. Everyone has their own way of camping and it's all good.
In our state it is not legal to "resale" electricity. We can charge for the amount used at the rate we paid for it plus the sales tax. Our campground has meters on all of the full hook up sites so we can charge our seasonal campers monthly for the electricity they use but we do not meter short term stays. Electricity, sewer, water, and trash collection are all part of our overhead costs and we track them all very closely. Electricity is the most expensive at nearly 3 times the total of the others.
We have had some angst about charging small trailers the same as 42 foot "coaches" until you add in that those trailers need our showerhouse. They like it to be warm on the cold days and cool on the hot days. They like long, hot showers and hot water in the sinks. We also have to spend time keeping them clean and functioning properly. Taking this into account kinda levels the field just a bit.
We have considered charging more for RVs that require a 50 amp hookup but it would just complicate the check in process.
I do, all too often, walk by an empty RV with the people gone and the A/C running but after I mention to those people that it really doesn't take long to cool an RV down they usually correct that annoying habit. The same thing happens in our small motel all too often but I can let myself in to correct that.
We still have reasonable rates and do all we can to maintain them.