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I found a good link comparing electricity rates by state, in case it's useful for anyone comparing states. Or just to look at how your state stacks up against others. Data is from Jan 2019.
I found a good link comparing electricity rates by state, in case it's useful for anyone comparing states. Or just to look at how your state stacks up against others. Data is from Jan 2019.
Just like everything when it comes to costs within a state, it will vary. for instance, in NY, some municipalities have their own electric companies that gets it from the NY Power Authority. A map of the municipalities in the state that use NYPA: https://coreenv.com/wp-content/uploa...t-1024x783.jpg
Just like everything when it comes to costs within a state, it will vary. for instance, in NY, some municipalities have their own electric companies that gets it from the NY Power Authority. A map of the municipalities in the state that use NYPA: https://coreenv.com/wp-content/uploa...t-1024x783.jpg
So, there are some low(er) electric rate examples within states with higher average electric rates
Absolutely. I think the chart is an average for each state, but within states, it can vary.
I was also surprised to see how high Michigan has become (where I live), and it's approaching those high rates in the northeast.
Definitely one of the many costs to consider when moving, especially if you are moving to an area that uses a lot of AC. Florida rates look pretty low overall, but I think the AC usage would be nearly 10 months, depending on what part of the state.
Absolutely. I think the chart is an average for each state, but within states, it can vary.
I was also surprised to see how high Michigan has become (where I live), and it's approaching those high rates in the northeast.
Definitely one of the many costs to consider when moving, especially if you are moving to an area that uses a lot of AC. Florida rates look pretty low overall, but I think the AC usage would be nearly 10 months, depending on what part of the state.
I wonder how much the rate percentage changed for Michigan after this summer. Between DTE raising their rates in July, the loss of the grant (which hit in July) and "summer".....
Not all Michigan customers are on DTE's grid, but the majority of the population is in the Detroit area and uses DTE for electricity. Everyone in my area was just livid because there was no warning this was going to happen and a lot of people's billed doubled from what they had budgeted. It was just a mess and everyone was talking about their crazy electric bills. It was a "hot" topic around town. (pun intended!)
So - yeah - wasn't too surprised to see that Michigan's rates were high, then I noticed that the survey was taken before the rate increases had taken effect. So, I'd be curious to see how much the numbers went up after July 2019.
We went from California, one of the highest at 19%, to Wyoming one of the lowest. It says the average for Wyoming is 12%, but where we live in Wyoming we pay 5.70%.
Our electricity bill in California was outrageous. We would sweat and suffer all summer long, keeping our thermostat set to 82-84 degrees which is not all that comfortable inside your house, and paying well over 200 dollars a month for a 1,700sf house. Compare that to heating a 3800sf house in Wyoming all winter long where we are warm and comfortable, and paying less than 200 a month. Quite the change.
I'm presuming that the rates listed are the total cost per kilowatt hour, which would include state and local taxes and mandated fees.
I'm located in IL (Chicago) and just renewed my contract with an alternative supplier and not Commonwealth Edison. My new rate for the next 6 months is 6.5 cents per KW hour. This figure is just for the supply portion of my monthly electric bill.
Ultimately there are high fixed costs to have energy infrastructure that are required regardless of how much energy is consumed on a per capita basis. States with high average household energy consumption will naturally tend to have lower costs per kw. Furthemore, higher costs per kw further encourages households to limit energy use.
California may have the 8th highest cost per kw hour, but it also has the 8th lowest energy bill of all states. Tennessee might have the 5th lowest cost per kw, but yet it still has the 7th highest household energy bill. It's also comforting to know that many of the states with highest cost per kw, but lowest per household energy costs are also states with lower carbon intensity of emissions. Frankly, I think that's worth it alone.
No state can be summed up into one rate, one value. That's the first pitfall and reality check.
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