That’s California though, where everything is expensive. In the east coast I paid around $0.20 this summer which includes peak hours. Although it has steadily gone up in the last few years. It used to be $0.12-$0.14.
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spechter@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I thought energy in the U.S. was laughably cheap, but those prices are surprisingly expensive compared to my feel-good-all-hydro-and-wind plan at 0,35€/kWh
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 1 week ago
gramie@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
They are outrageously expensive compared to my hydro Quebec rate of USD $0.05/kWh, or even my previous rate in Ontario of (varying by the the time of day) USD $0.06-0.12/kWh.
96% of Quebec electricity is generated by hydro power, which of course doesn’t require any fuel. The other thing, though, is that power generation and transmission is done through a public corporation, not a private one. The profits go into general government revenue.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
California has historically high electricity rates.
helloworld55@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Chiming in, Michigan has variables rates depending on time of day, and range from $0.12-$0.18 per kWh
jj4211@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Both California and Texas have struggles with energy costs. California with their constantly high rates, and Texas with their spot pricing occasionally royally screwing people.
stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
My UK rates are about £0.26/kWh for the day rate, £0.07/kWh for the night rate which is when things like car charging is done. Excess solar generation makes me £0.15/kWh I send back to the grid although not much of that going on in the winter ;-)
We also pay a daily standing charge for the grid connection.