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Damn I’m paying 0.104/kWh in Jacksonville, FL. We have a public utility company (JEA) that NextEra Energy (FPL’s parent) has been trying to get its hands on. Th
by gymbeaux 3y ago
Damn I’m paying 0.104/kWh in Jacksonville, FL. We have a public utility company (JEA) that NextEra Energy (FPL’s parent) has been trying to get its hands on. They promise lower rates, yet in parts of Florida where FPL is the utility company, people often complain of the high rates. I believe FPL’s rate is technically lower than 0.104 but is higher in practice when you factor in all their bullshit fees.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoA residential user in Washington is also paying ~$0.10 per kWh, total cost divided by total kWh.
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- callalex 3y agoHere in California we pay between $.4 and $.5 and they are going to raise the prices again next year. It’s really, truly insane.
- hifromLA 3y agoWhere do you live? I just checked my last bill and it was 0.18 (LA). That does sound insane.
- msandford 3y agoThat's getting to the point that it could literally be economic to run a small generator on natural gas, or that plus solar plus batteries. It would take too many $500-$1000 electric bills to really pay down some personal infrastructure.
- callalex 3y agoSolar absolutely makes sense. Personal generators almost make sense, but the noise and maintenance are enough to make it not worth it to me.
- msandford 3y agoYeah I mean they're not great, but for that much money one could buy a pair of the Honda 2000w inverter generators and run them on natural gas and cycle between them quite handily. Have the "on" generator and the "just off of the latest rebuild cycle" generator. I've also thought that if one could figure out some of the power electronics a wrecked Prius engine just ticking over at idle would probably provide most of your off-peak power and charge batteries and then during peak times it could just ramp up a bit. I've never heard of a natural gas conversion though so it would be a long road I suspect.
- mvf4z7 3y agoDetroit checking in. I pay anywhere bewteen $0.182/kWh to $0.237/kWh (varies depending on time of day). Furthermore, our electric utility has some of the worst reliability in the country. Riddle me that. Some of the most Detroit shit I have ever heard.
- Crosseye_Jack 3y agoUK checking in, I'm currently paying the equivalent of $0.374/kWh.