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0 pointsacomjean12y ago0 comments

It is wrong. The links you provide seem to be more accurate. I write software that deals with monitoring power (powerhouse dynamics). We have customers in a lot of states, and to estimate their costs they have to input the cost per/kWh.

In the US power costs usually between 8-12 cents per kilowatt hour. There are extra costs if your commercial which can add 10-20%.

We've found that power cost, especially commercial power is oddly hard to estimate with "demand charges" and rates varrying with time... There are a few companies compiling this cost data in detail which we'll likely be buying soon.

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marincounty12y ago· 2 in thread

I know in the Bay Area Commercial rates charged by PG&E are lower than Residential. Never understood why.

Actually, our electricity in the SF Area is very expensive. I don't know why. One half of our power is from Dams. I think it's 1/2.

Actually, I think they charge us so much is because they know we will pay.

To all the Élon Musk fans, I wonder what your PG&E bill will be?

While I'm on this subject--yea, I'm an electrician, don't heat your house with elecrtic heaters. They will really eat up the kilowatts, and look into Radiant hydronic heating if updating. My bill is 1/4 of what it used to be. You can install yourself, if determined.

yardie12y ago

I learned this the expensive, hard way.

I had a studio in Paris that only had electric heat. 2 months after it started getting really cold I got the electric bill, $250. After that I shut off the heater at the breaker, bought a portable heater and a jug (20L) of kerosene for $80. That jug lasted 2 winters.

acomjeanOP12y ago

I grew up in a house with electric heat in Massachusetts (not known for its mild winters). Your not kidding about electric heat being expensive. We wore a lot of sweaters in the winter before my parents installed a oil heater.

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