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Re:Westinghouse sees a tech disrupter in its eVinci microrea... by Someone on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:09AM (#33729199)
> In California, regardless of what wholesale electricity costs, the retail cost is something like $200/MWh more than could be considered reasonable.

$200/MWh is $2/kWh. California electricity prices are around $0,27/kWh (https://www.energysage.com/local-data/electricity-cost/ca/). I guess you mean $200/GWh?

Also, why do you find PG&Ek’s pricing unreasonable, given that it required a “phenomenally large capital investment” (and, I expect, quite a bit of ongoing maintenance) to be able to provide customers with electricity?

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Re:Westinghouse sees a tech disrupter in its eVinci microrea... by qilo on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:28AM (#33729331)
> $200/MWh is $2/kWh.

$200/MWh is $0.20/kWh.

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Re:Westinghouse sees a tech disrupter in its eVinci microrea... by Someone on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:40AM (#33729410)
Oops. Thanks
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Re:Westinghouse sees a tech disrupter in its eVinci microrea... by zbrozek on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:38AM (#33731730)
PG&E pricing is higher than that, ranging from 37 to 49 cents per kWh on their default residential plan. That's more than three times the national average. It's unclear why the state expects folks to electrify when electricity is outrageously expensive.

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

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