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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by hnburnsy on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:58PM (#26176034)
Arizona does this (see Palo Verde Generating Station, the largest power plant in the US by generation) and I benefit with $0.05230 per kWh off peak (off peak is 8 pm - 3 pm on weekdays, all day on weekends and 10 holidays).
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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by adanto6840 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:37AM (#26176330)
That's about the same as the non-summer part of ToU plan in NV -- both peak & off-peak. It's about a cent cheaper off-peak right now.

On the TOU plan in NV, weekdays in June thru Sept, from 1PM to 7PM, it's ~0.45/kWh -- but rest of the time it's under 6c/kWh -- comparable [or less] than your rate.

Hard to believe we haven't figured out efficient, reliable, & redundant long-distance electricity transmission at this point.

I generated almost 100kWh today & have used ~half that; it sure seems like transmission is almost as big of an issue as storage.

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