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I'm incredibly lucky to live in Quebec, Canada: 100% green hydro power at low rates. Tarif D has the first 40kwh at 6.509 Canadian cent/kWh, then 10.041 [0] It

by mpsprd 4y ago

I'm incredibly lucky to live in Quebec, Canada: 100% green hydro power at low rates. Tarif D has the first 40kwh at 6.509 Canadian cent/kWh, then 10.041 [0] It's also state owned. From what I've seen it's the best combo of green and pricing in the world. 0: https://www.hydroquebec.com/residential/customer-space/rates/rate-d.html https://www.hydroquebec.com/residential/customer-space/rates...

panarky 4y ago
Same in Seattle. 100% hydro. Zero emissions. 0.11 USD per kWh. Owned and operated by the City of Seattle, not a profit-making corporation.
- sefrost 4y ago
  0.96 CAD per kWh just up the road here in BC. I moved to Canada from the UK and it’s still unbelievable to me how much cheaper energy is here. If you’re renting a place you don’t even pay for gas. I have unlimited gas in my apartment all year round! I’ve never been so warm in my life. I would highly recommend any young Brits reading this to seriously look at making the move. It’s amazing out here.
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  - jacquesm 4y ago
    0.96 $CAD doesn't seem all that cheap.
    - haxxorfreak 4y ago
      I think they made an error converting cents to dollars, I just checked BC Hydro's rate and it's actually $0.0959 CAD (9.59 cents) for the first 1,350 kWh in a month (Step 1) then raises to $0.1422 after that (Step 2).[1] [1] https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/rates-energy-use/electricity-rates/residential-rates.html https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/rates-energy-use/el...
      - jacquesm 3y ago
        Ah that makes a lot more sense. Thank you!
      - sefrost 3y ago
        Yes my mistake, thanks!
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- prepend 4y ago
  That’s curious, I live in Georgia where power is 0.08 USD/kWh and it’s mostly coal with some renewable and nuclear mixed in. It seems like hydro would be cheaper.
- yeahwhatever10 3y ago
  Not for long. All the environmentalists wanting to remove dams on the Columbia will send Seattle’s cost skyrocketing.
lom 3y ago
And also incapable of repairing power lines, apparently
- mpsprd 3y ago
  The lines in front of my house were shorted by a tree, melted and fell, blocking my driveway. In about 20 hours the power was back, 2 trucks came and fixed the lines. I live in the countryside, so YMMV

by mpsprd 4y ago

panarky 4y ago

Same in Seattle. 100% hydro. Zero emissions. 0.11 USD per kWh. Owned and operated by the City of Seattle, not a profit-making corporation.

sefrost 4y ago
0.96 CAD per kWh just up the road here in BC. I moved to Canada from the UK and it’s still unbelievable to me how much cheaper energy is here. If you’re renting a place you don’t even pay for gas. I have unlimited gas in my apartment all year round! I’ve never been so warm in my life. I would highly recommend any young Brits reading this to seriously look at making the move. It’s amazing out here.
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- jacquesm 4y ago
  0.96 $CAD doesn't seem all that cheap.
  - haxxorfreak 4y ago
    I think they made an error converting cents to dollars, I just checked BC Hydro's rate and it's actually $0.0959 CAD (9.59 cents) for the first 1,350 kWh in a month (Step 1) then raises to $0.1422 after that (Step 2).[1] [1] https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/rates-energy-use/electricity-rates/residential-rates.html https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/rates-energy-use/el...
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      Ah that makes a lot more sense. Thank you!
    - sefrost 3y ago
      Yes my mistake, thanks!
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prepend 4y ago
That’s curious, I live in Georgia where power is 0.08 USD/kWh and it’s mostly coal with some renewable and nuclear mixed in. It seems like hydro would be cheaper.
yeahwhatever10 3y ago
Not for long. All the environmentalists wanting to remove dams on the Columbia will send Seattle’s cost skyrocketing.

lom 3y ago

And also incapable of repairing power lines, apparently

mpsprd 3y ago
The lines in front of my house were shorted by a tree, melted and fell, blocking my driveway. In about 20 hours the power was back, 2 trucks came and fixed the lines. I live in the countryside, so YMMV