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Re:Starlink review, four months in by minhazm on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:16PM (#27921610)
25c per kWh is pretty high, I think that's high even for CA. Most states are in the 12-13 cents per kWh range [1].

1. https://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state/

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Re:Starlink review, four months in by skellington on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:01PM (#27922194)
Electriciy in CA is ridiculously expensive. $0.27/kWh average rate is common in CA. Going up to $0.40+ if you get into the higher tiers.

But even with insane generation rates, most of the electric bill is the power company service fee, not the generation fee.

For example, out of a $200/mo bill, maybe $50 is electric generation, the rest is the service fee. PG&E is insanely badly run.

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Re:Starlink review, four months in by SavantIdiot on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:36PM (#27921846)
Many places are tiered, so if you go above a certain kW/h the rate doubles or triples. Cali and parts of NY state are like that (never lived anywhere else tho).
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