Electricity: How much in your area?

Thankfully, I live in a town that offers municipal power, so the rate here is very inexpensive for the area. There is no on/off peak rate, just one flat rate.

7.8 cents per KWH

Compare that to:

16.974 cents per KWH
and
20.074 cents per KWH

for the two private power companies in the area. We are never leaving this town. Now all I gotta do is get a wood burning stove to keep the heating cost down. I'm working on it guys. Next winter.

We complain about high costs but I think we are getting a deal compared to what you are paying (the cottage is 950 sq/ft, 2x6 walls with R20 walls, R40 ceiling, heated with oil forced air furnace, this elec bill is lights (all compact florescent) electric water heater and running the furnace fan)

Last time I subtracted out all the fees, taxes, fuel charges, adjustments, compensations, and offsets, I think we were running right at about 6 cents/KWh for the raw power, but add in all the extra stuff and it was running about 10 cents/KWh for the total bill.

The ONLY way to calculate it is to add ALL charges/fees/delivery/transfer/screw-U charge, and then divide by the kW/hr's used. For example, on the hydo power bill above, you are paying 14.4 cents per kW/hr, which is AWFUL for hydropower, most places with hydro pay about half that in the U.S. (by the way, sure seems like you are using a BOATLOAD of power for that small house! Are you sure a neighbor isn't tapped into your line??? Seriously though, you have to be leaking power to somewhere, you should get a kill-a-watt meter!)

But overall, 14 cents isn't that bad. I pay 17 cents per kW/hr. I always get mad when I compare electric costs. My parents in Ohio pay half what I do for electricity. We both get our power predominantly from coal, some nuclear, I just don't get why I pay twice what they do (I've seen their actual bill and know all fees are included). I live in PA which is possibly the biggest source of high quality coal in the world, and coal I think is still the cheapest power producer we have today besides hydro.

I am on REMC in southern Indiana and just calculated my rate as .108278 per and that was using the total without taxes divided by the total kwh. I have a heat pump in a log home and with my insert basically running 24/7 on this bill. I put in new windows that are triple pane and new doors to get this lowered.

I was on gas and electric before moving down to southern Indiana and with the company called NIPSCO it was one of the highest rates in the country from what I was told.

Shipper

Consumers Power Co. After all is added except sales tax amounts to .0935

tradergordo said:

The ONLY way to calculate it is to add ALL charges/fees/delivery/transfer/screw-U charge, and then divide by the kW/hr's used. [snip]

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But that doesn't necessarily tell the complete story. It is a good indication of what the charge is for that bill, but say I put up Christmas lights or run a small electric space heater for a while and add a few KWh to the bill, I don't necessarily pay that 'total' KWh price for each additional KWh. Some of the charges - customer charge, franchise fee, line charge, etc stay the same regardless of the amount of power used.

If I really want to know how much more I will have to pay, I have to break down the 'constant' charges and the 'variable' charges.

I thought ours was high. I live in ohio and I don't know how much it is on a breakdown, but our bill was 120.00 for this month. I have 2 computers running at all times, 2 security lights, an 85 gallon electric water heater, and a well pump. Our home is 2400 sq ft victorian, with a million bulbs. Guess I can't complain.

Just got the bill yesterday: 7.4/KW. We do not have on-peak/off-peak rates. I thought mine was rather high, but maybe not. Electric for the entire month with taxes and misc fees was $92. That's with an electric water heater and 3 kids.

Fully loaded cost: 18.5 cents/kWh. Variable cost: 17.1 cents/kWh. NSTAR is my supplier.

Sources of electricity in New England:

Gas 38%
Oil 24%
Nuclear 14%
Hydro 10%
Coal 9%
Other 5%

From http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/08/02/study_hints_power_rates_to_stay_high/

17 cents a KW/HR

.085 kw with the Rochester Gas & Electric Co.

The SolvayNY Electric co-op rate is about .04 a kw the last I heard.
Almost worth moving there for the cheap electric.

5.8 Cents per kW here for the first 600.

6.5 cents per after 600.

We typically use between 550 and 650 per month.

tradergordo said:

The ONLY way to calculate it is to add ALL charges/fees/delivery/transfer/screw-U charge, and then divide by the kW/hr's used. .

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I agree with tradergordo.

33 day billing period

Total bill is $87.43
KWH used 963

Comes out to just over 11 cents per kwh here in Columbus, OH

Here's what our Hydro bill looks like.

$66.06 for 950 kw/h works out to .0695, or just under 7 cents counting service charges and taxes.

5.9 cents per kw/h for the first 175
5.79 cents for every kw/h thereafter.

Although 950 kw/h seems like a lot of energy, some of that goes for hot water, 2 vehicle block heaters, and of course my beer fridge in the basement.

@ less than 6 cents a Kw why in the heck people burnin wood if some are payin $220 a cord for wood and spendin more for pellets.
Its gotta be the for the love of burnin unless somone is given, spliten, stackin and loading your stove. I knew burnin wood had to
be a drug. Theres alot hooked here. God bless ya. ;-P Im justified @ 17cents a KW or $1.15 a ltr for oil. Aint I ? %-P
I myself do not have a wood burning problem. (HUMMMF)

Appears I'm getting the squeeze once again for living in France. Overall, just about everything I buy is more expensive (except the wine and cheese, of course).

EDF happily charges the following:
Peak: 0.0787 euro/kwh (U$0.116)
Off Peak: 0.0483 euro/kwh (U$0.068)

Plus an additional 14.10 euro (U$20.87) per month.

So, on average, we're spending 0.13 euro or U$0.19 per kwh. Which, in the end, isn't considerably higher than what some in this thread pay. I don't have the breakdown, but I know quite a bit of the electricity here is nuclear.

Down here in PECO land, S.E. Pa, we are running about .155 per KW.

With all the fees and surcharges included, I pay .14/kwh.
Last months bill was 49.00 and this months is 56.00 for 394 kwh.

$.0827 here with no other fees except 3% sales tax.
Of course there is a hydo dam and a coal fired plant about 3 miles to the east, and another hydro dam and a nuke plant about 7 miles north, and a third hydro dam, nuke plant and coal plant less than 20 miles south from my house. - Oh and as a bonus I get my "what to do in case of a nuclear melt-down" calendar free every year!

Another bonus might be that they pay a lot of tax.

Did mine again today...
New Hampshire Electric Coop, with taxes, fees etc. divided by KWHs used equals 18 cents per KWH.
Divides almost equalily power used ($57.00) and Fees, taxes etc ($56.00).