Stromkosten in den Vereinigten Staaten
Von Negative-Swan7993
Stromkosten in den Vereinigten Staaten
Von Negative-Swan7993
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Why is California so high ? Dayum
Why CA, why?
You are all paying too much, I pay $0.14 canadian.
This is about to much higher due to the AI companies guzzling electricity.
AI data centers… Customers are paying for the cost of building and operating them.
I’m in the Florida panhandle. Until last year ours was 7.1. Damn data centers need to generate their own electricity.
Moved to California in 2008 and electricity bills were so high then that it made more sense to go all in on solar with a loan.
Within one month my loan bill was 30% less than my utility bill.
I’ve moved twice since then and every time the first thing that goes up is a new PV array.
I’m in Washington state. Just checked my electric bill, it kinda has different tiers, but between October of last year and this year, cost has gone up from 11.7 cents/kwh to 15.2 cents/kwh for my first 600kwh used per month. For using above 600kwh, price has gone from 13.5 cents to 17.1 cents. Pretty much a 30% increase in one year.
The bar graph at the top isn’t proportional. The 15.2 should be more toward the middle since the max is just a little over double that. Bad form map maker.
It gets more interesting if you compare energy costs (like this map) with energy consumption and average household incomes. California, for instance, has a much lower average energy burden than you’d expect due to relatively high incomes and low energy consumptions (high market penetration of energy efficient technologies and a favorable climate), while some states like Nebraska or Montana do far worse despite cheaper per-unit costs of energy.
Here’s a good source if anyone wants a rabbit hole: https://maps.nrel.gov/slope/data-viewer?filters=%5B%5D&layer=eej.household-energy-burden&year=2020&res=county
That chart understates costs in Massachusetts. We’re paying over .32 kWh and have the lowest possible cost supplier. Only thing I can think is that there are a few municipal suppliers charging reasonable rates.