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> Average US electric price is $0.12. This number (which actually varies somewhat widely depending on which source you look at) hides a huge standard deviation
by bzbarsky 10y ago
> Average US electric price is $0.12.
This number (which actually varies somewhat widely depending on which source you look at) hides a huge standard deviation.
For example, http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/ http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/ lists the overall number at $0.1044 but by that ranges from $0.0776 to $0.1705 if we ignore the Alaska and Hawaii outliers. And even then, the number this lists for Massachusetts is $0.1535 but my bill (in Masachusetts) say $0.1906....
Of course gas prices vary quite widely state to state too.
- dsp1234 10y agoMore specifically, the numbers on that site appear to only include the actual retail price of energy, but does not include other items like fees, distribution charges, and transmission charges. As an example, the 'energy' charge on my electric bill is basically the average for my state (Oregon), but the rate I actually pay is about 50% higher due to other fees.
- ghaff 10y agoRight. In a recent discussion here about electricity consumption, I Googled National Grid's rates and used those. By coincidence, I got an electric bill the next day and realized that National Grid is almost exactly half my electric bill with the balance being the actual supplier of the electricity--so about $0.20/kWh is Massachusetts.
- bzbarsky 10y agoOh, they don't include the distribution/transmission charges? Then they're totally useless; on my bill the transmission charges are larger than my generation charges (transmission is about 60% of my bill; generation is 40%).