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Pensioners tend to use more power than younger residents which is why inflation in power costs hurts them proportionally more.

• Consultant32452 9y ago
  They don't use more than factories, big box retailers, large corporate offices, data centers, families with children, etc. As long as they're less than the average, they get a net benefit.
  • walshemj 9y ago
    Pensioners in general are on a fixed income which is where your idea breaks down.
    • Consultant32452 9y ago
      Their income is irrelevant. If they consume fewer kWh of electricity than the average power company customer, they will get a net benefit. They might pay a $25 tax, but get a $40 benefit. Meanwhile the large factory might pay $5,000 but they still get the same $40 rebate the pensioner gets. Given that large corporations who consume huge amounts of electricity are in the pool, it's almost impossible that the pensioner could consume more than the average.
      • walshemj 9y ago
        "If" they wont! as they dont go out to work and also fell the cold more. You seem to be missing the point here
        • Consultant32452 9y ago
          Businesses will use orders of magnitude more than the pensioners. The fact that a pensioner might use more per capita than a young person doesn't matter. When the young person leaves the home for work, they're just going to a different building that is also consuming electricity, generating more pollution tax. Plus, there are more people per household in a young home because of children.