In much of California, it’s not the electric energy costs that are high, it’s the delivery/grid fees. Not that it matters as far as the electricity bill goes, but it’s worth noting.
On my recent bill I paid 16¢/kWh for on-peak electric generation and 49¢/kWh for electric delivery. (There’s a small baseline credit for delivery so it’s a little more complicated, but you get the idea.)
So if someone tries to tell you electricity is expensive because CA is a hippie state with lots of solar, I would be a little skeptical.
Yeah, a huge chunk of the California electric bill is paying for houses burned down after sparks from transmission started fires, and paying to power the risk of that happening again
Meanwhile I keep hearing the UK has the most expensive electricity anywhere, sometimes renewables are blamed. I am paying 24p/kWh and my heat pump uses very little energy to run.
In much of California, it’s not the electric energy costs that are high, it’s the delivery/grid fees. Not that it matters as far as the electricity bill goes, but it’s worth noting.
On my recent bill I paid 16¢/kWh for on-peak electric generation and 49¢/kWh for electric delivery. (There’s a small baseline credit for delivery so it’s a little more complicated, but you get the idea.)
So if someone tries to tell you electricity is expensive because CA is a hippie state with lots of solar, I would be a little skeptical.
Yeah, a huge chunk of the California electric bill is paying for houses burned down after sparks from transmission started fires, and paying to power the risk of that happening again
In my location in Australia the cost of usage and cost of grid are separated.
I pay roughly 25c kw/h, and each day about $1 for infrastructure. ie whether I use 50kw or 1kw my cost to connect to the grid is the same.
This is for residential, but I presume it may be different for commercial and industrial connections.
Meanwhile I keep hearing the UK has the most expensive electricity anywhere, sometimes renewables are blamed. I am paying 24p/kWh and my heat pump uses very little energy to run.