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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:52PM (#26175515)
> In California it’s about 30 to 40 cents kWh during normal times.

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/

16.89 ¢/kW in 2019. Where did you get 30-40 ¢/kW?

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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by mayli on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:22PM (#26175754)
https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/rate-plans/how-ra...

https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/tariffbook/ELEC_SCHED...

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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by function_seven on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:34PM (#26175839)
Yikes. I’m in California but pay 17¢/kWh including the fixed monthly costs. (My tiers are 10.5¢, 16.8¢, and 19.1¢)

I love my municipal utility.

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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by scruple on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:36AM (#26176324)
On SCE, in Orange County, I'm currently paying $0.22, $0.28, and $0.35.
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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by jahmed on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:00AM (#26176049)
I was curious and I pay 11¢ in Colorado.
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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by jjav on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:58AM (#26177213)
I don't know where that website is getting its info but it is way off from reality.

The cheapest possible PG&E (Silicon Valley) rate is off-peak (after midnight) winter rate. Looking at my January bill here right in front of me, that rate is $0.16675 for transmission + $0.05525 for generation. So that's 22.2c/kWh. That's the cheapest it ever gets.

The most expensive tier is peak (afternoon to midnight) in the summer, 62c/kWh.

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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by ihattendorf on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:59AM (#26181385)
Well, PG&E isn't the only electricity provider in California. Doesn't mean the numbers are correct, but pointing out rates in Silicon Valley doesn't mean the numbers are wrong.
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