Electricity rate comparison

Hey guys

FWIW, my electricity supplier just put out a survey of electricity costs in various areas around North America. Page 5 shows the residential rates in various locations.

All I know is that I could not afford electricity in San Fransisco or New York!!

Andrew

Ok, Quebec is officially spoiled. wow

15.4 cents here all up.

All in, we're at 11.58.
$.1158/kwh

Don't groan too much - I pay roughly 24 ¢/kWh. Part of that is low consumption (I use ~2,200 kWh/year - those numbers are based on 12,000 kWh/year), part of that is the US having very cheap electricity in comparison!

All in at $0.109 / kwh here.

I'm getting 100% wind at 13.8 cents all in, in Philadelphia Metro.

All I know is I was paying 15 cents in Chicago in **1989**, and now the price is 12 cents! Whassup?

My rate is one thing, 9 cents roughly.

My distribution charges added up are more than the actual electricity usage.

Last bill was $61 for generation, $83 for delivery.

last I checked I'm paying roughly $0.15kw/h for generation and delivery...

LOL. Yes we are. BUt you gotta remember that Hydro Quebec is Canada's largest electricity producer and the world's largest hydroelectricity producer. They sell lots of electricity to the US and share the profits (it is a state owner company) with it's residents in the form of low rates.

Andrew

Wow. it's not often that rates go down..what caused that?!

Bret: I think Hydro Quebec sells to Maine and most New ENgland states....

We get boned by Iberdrola, which owns Central Maine Power and is bleeding it dry... the next town over from me has their own electric utility, which is remarkably cheaper than CMP on the delivery end.. to the point where, when I lived in that town... it was cheaper to run electric heaters than a Monitor....

Move back to that other town

I was renting there, and I own this house outright... do the math...

Let's hope they don't privatize, get a clue, cut you Quebecois off, and sell ALL their juice to NYC and CT for a tidy profit.

They already know how they're making the money. It will NEVER privatize. It makes too much money for now. And if they attempted to privatize, the residents of Quebec would likely riot until it went back to a state owned company.

Hydro Quebec had wanted to buy NB Power (New Brunswick Power) for 5 billion and the residents of NB turned it down. It would have provided straight pipe transmission lines to the US for HQ. Silly NB residents: NB Power has a $5 billion dollar debt!!

Andrew

O Canada!

I get 11c a KWH That includes EVERYTHING Taxes Min cust Charge,Dist,Gen,Transmission,ect. THats the only way to figure it take your entire Bill & div by Kws used. Cant complain,seems like it keeps gettin cheaper if you figure inflation.

That is a pretty decent rate Randy!

The neighboring province to me costs twice as much as it does here for electricity. I had plan on moving there. However the higher cost of electricity is offset by lower income taxes....

Andrew

Ok, the only down side for our low power rate is it is still diffcult for me to justify a gassifier boiler with storage........ .. But so far my wood is free so it is still cheaper than cheap electricity

There's the man! You're back, long time no see! What have you been up to?!?!

You have a boiler eh? Nice!

Andrew

The report stupidly only reports the energy charge that the power company pays. Which is like buying milk by the cow fart. The total bill divided by consumed power is all that matters. Sheesh, better go pour some cow farts on my cereal.

All in we're at exactly 10 cents per kwh. Pretty odd. I use 1100 kwh and pay 110$. That dang hot tub is a hog. Our propane is less than 2$ per gallon right now and while both are cheap, electric is actually the better bargain.

Hey not much bud, Freezing my rear end in Mont-Louis, having to play with small small wire and small 7mm bolts & nuts on the mountain, in a steel igloo, at -25 celsius Awesome Sending you an email......