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Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by jjav on Sunday October 13, 2019 @12:49AM (#21238439)
> California average is 16.06¢

Not sure how they come up with such a number, but California is large and has many electricity providers.

But for PG&E in the Bay Area, let me quote from my PG&E electric bill here in hand:

Daytime: $0.53476 (delivery) + $0.25069 (generation) = $0.785/kWh

Part-peak: $0.28917 (delivery) + $0.10643 (generation) = $0.396/kWh

Night: $0.13578 (delivery) + $0.03968 (generation) = $0.175/kWh

The cheapest rate is 17.5 cents per kWh, that is late at night (currently after 11pm, soon to be changed to be after midnight).

Daytime rate is 78.5 cents per kWh! This is PG&E in the Bay Area.

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Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by mrep on Sunday October 13, 2019 @03:21AM (#21238944)
Oof, that's awful. I just got a bill recently here in seattle and got a $10.67 base charge and an additional $0.0902 charge per KWH for a total price of $48.50 dollars for 415 KWHs used in a 68 day period.
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