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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by kragen on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:12PM (#20424056)
Typical PG&E rates are US$0.12/kWh, which includes not only buying the energy (at prices ranging from -$0.05 to $1.50 or more, depending on supply and demand) but also maintaining and constructing the transmission and distribution systems, as well as incidental additional costs like black start capacity, loan interest, and investor profit.
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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by pstrateman on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:27PM (#20424178)
Typical PG&E power rates are $0.12/kWh.

Typical PG&E delivered power rates are $0.28-$0.42/kwh.

PG&E charges about the same for transmission and delivery that providers outside California charge for transmission delivery and the power itself.

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