Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Still in the dark ;)

Well...

When I look at my last blog entry I can only laugh. I was bold enough to believe I'd have electricity by August 20th. It's been almost a month and still no electric service. I thought they would slap a meter on the side of The Studio and we'd be set. Oh no, Kansas City Power and Light (KCP&L) likes to make life difficult and expensive. It seems if you have two meters on your property the second meter pays a commercial rate. With two electric kilns and electric heat we didn't think that would be the way to go. KCP&L didn't seem to appreciate the fact that we are all electric. To keep a long story short and $2,200 later, we will have one meter with 400 amp service that goes to two 200 amp boxes-one for the house and one for The Studio. And it could still be another couple of weeks before all of this is finished. Oh well, I just need to hang in there!

Electricity isn't our only set back. It looks like I am back to square one with the gas kiln.

I still can't complain. I go to The Studio and get lost in all the wonderful things that are developing. Thanks for checking in with our project!