Electricity rates

[buckeyefarmer]

I calculate by taking total bill / total KW, since that is my effective rate.
yr $/KWH KWH $
2008 .089 16821 1502
2009 .101 16601 1671
2010 .103 17122 1769
2011 .105 15308 1613

 

[ultrarunner]

Dosent it get like 90 degrees there in the summer? No AC how do you sleep with your house in the 80s!

I live in Oakland CA and the weather by any standard is quite mild... there will always be a couple isolated days of heat... maybe 3 at the most before the natural A/C of the Bay Area kicks in.

Now, the folks a little farther inland can be 20 degrees warmer in the summer and 20 degrees colder in the winter... the difference on the other side of the hills is this pronounced.

Years ago, Parade magazine did a survey on ideal climate based up the number of heating and cooling days of major US cities... Oakland CA had the best climate for 2 out of the 12 months from the entire continental U.S.

Now, if we could just get our act together, we would really have a wonderful place to live...

 

[Redneck in training]

We are on Clarke Electric COOP.
Normal rate is 11.47c/kWh
Heating rate 5.15c/kWh
All surcharges combined 28.34.
I average the rate goes up about 4-5%/year.

 

[zonta223]

Dosent it get like 90 degrees there in the summer? No AC how do you sleep with your house in the 80s!

Well lots of homes here do not have AC and the temp sometimes hits 117 in the shade.
Cost per kw hour is about 27c...plus the quarterly standing charge of about $40.
Makes having Solar a no brainer.........my bill went from $450 to $45 including the standing charge.........next bill was $65.
would love 10c per kwh.....then they would be paying me money as I am paid 52c per kw for every kw I generate which is returned to the grid

 

[NHmitch]

We pay about $.18 per KWH here in PSNH utlilty. For 550KWH $95 a month

The delivery charge, base charge, stranded line costs, etc total $50 of the total or $.09 per KWH

Then the actual electricity is $.085 per KWH

We could buy the electricity from a co-op for $.075 so would save $5 a month but there are other areas we can save more - such as reduced use..

Having a 1.5HP deep well sub pump and irrigation and A/C units in the summer push our usage up to 900KWH and the bill goes up by $30-35 those months. So it does get little less the more we use, but its still high.

I am about the same in Southwest New Hampshire. We are close to the highest in the nation. On the other hand, we don't have sales tax, and its a great state to live in. They are trying to put in the Northern Pass here, a utility cooperative with Canada. The power will come from Hydro-Québec. Most of the power would come from Canada's Hydroelectric, however there is huge debate of this, and people do not want to have more lines coming through the state. The lines are actually going to be next to the existing lines, and I am all for it. If it lowers our bills, and we can have a good coop with Canada, then thats great. It will lower the cost of electricity by $200-$325 million a year. I personally want to get off of the grid completely. Solar is very expensive, and I am not sure that I have enough wind. I usually have 5-25mph sustained winds.

The Northern Pass

 

[von-mil]

Residential rate in my general area is $8.00 per month fixed for rural ($7.00 for urban) plus 10.43 cents per KWH plus some minor BS fees.

 

[KTurner]

I just heard on the radio, and verified it by checking their website...

My electric company just issued a press release saying that if the state approves the changes, our prices will *decrease* by about 4% on September 1, 2012. The reasons were their fuel and transmission costs were lower and the mild weather.

Keith

 

[DKCDKC]

Drawing from a combination of nuclear, coal, oil and natural gas, my local electric cooperative is 10 cents per KWH. It's been pretty steady for a decade. Of course, I remember the halcyon days of yore (the 1960s) when my electricity here was just over a penny per KWH. And gas was 28 cents a gallon. And a good professional starting salary was $5,000 a year.

 

[grsthegreat]

Dosent it get like 90 degrees there in the summer? No AC how do you sleep with your house in the 80s!

here in No Idaho we hardly ever get into the 90's during the day.nights are always chillyish.

I can open windows most of the time and be just fine. On the hot muggy nights and days, then yes the AC comes on.

 

[tallyho8]

What makes me so angry is that most of our electricity in Louisiana is generated by natural gas and we supply most of the natural gas to the US.

Federal laws set the rate that we can sell gas to other states so they get cheap natural gas to make cheap electricity and have lower rates.

The gas suppliers can sell Louisiana gas for more money in Louisiana because there are no federal laws limiting the rates they can charge in this state so our electricity is higher than states hundreds of miles away that buy our gas.