California Electricity Costs

[Ben]

CA is raising it's electricity costs, apparently with a single ~$25 charge for everyone to accommodate infrastructure growth for stuff like electric cars. So from appearances, charging everyone more to help subsidize those who are going to "green energy" and electric vehicles. My electric bill in CA was always around $40/mo, since I lived on the central coast where air conditioning wasn't a thing, and I had a gas heater that rarely came on. So that would be a >50% increase for people that use modest amounts of electricity.

https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/05/10/california-energy-bill-changes-n2396106

[K Frame]

Small price to pay for living in a glorious worker's paradise.

Besides, if someone wants to afford their electric bill, they can get a job flipping hamburgers.

[dogmush]

That's a surprisingly small electric bill for Cali.  I pay way more than that. 

I wonder what the cost per kwh is.

[Ben]

That's a surprisingly small electric bill for Cali.  I pay way more than that. 

I wonder what the cost per kwh is.

If you're referring to what I posted, that was ten years ago, so it might be closer to $70 now. CA is around $0.40/kwh.

Like I said, living on the coast there, in a condo like I did, and you don't need a lot of electricity. My average bill in Idaho (just for the house) is $100/mo with ~$0.10/kwh.

[WLJ]

If you're referring to what I posted, that was ten years ago, so it might be closer to $70 now. CA is around $0.40/kwh.

Ky is a hair over $0.10/kwh

[HankB]

The politicians have figured out that California residents still have money.

They want it, and are going after it.

What's the old saying? "They've got what it takes to take what you've got."

[dogmush]

If you're referring to what I posted, that was ten years ago, so it might be closer to $70 now. CA is around $0.40/kwh.

That's more what I would expect.  TECO hits me up for $0.12/kwh.  But my AC makes that like $220 per month.

[Ben]

That's more what I would expect.  TECO hits me up for $0.12/kwh.  But my AC makes that like $220 per month.

Going from memory, I think it was like $0.25/kwh for the base when I lived there, but then, like now, CA also has ridiculous "overage" charges for going over a pretty limited base. I recall my parents, who thought 80deg was "cool", would barely run the AC at all in their house in the central valley (where it hovers around 100 most of the Summer), but even that threw them over the baseline, and they regularly had $200-$300 bills through the Summer. I recall some of their neighbors complaining about paying bills more than double that.

[WLJ]

Says CA $0.3123 right now
Oddly map and chart show different numbers though

https://www.chooseenergy.com/electricity-rates-by-state/#0-section-copy

[MillCreek]

This is what we pay to the Snohomish County PUD:

Residential rates
For electric service to your home, the rate is the total of:

10.263 cents per kilowatt-hour, and
A base charge between 36 cents and $1.37 a day, depending on electric panel size (see rate schedule 7 in the electric rate book for complete details).

[Ben]

Says CA $0.3123 right now
Oddly map and chart show different numbers though

https://www.chooseenergy.com/electricity-rates-by-state/#0-section-copy

I was on Socal Edison, and this chart gives you a better idea of rates, baselines, etc. It's complicated as there are different baselines by geography and climate.

https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/Standard-Residential-Rate-Plan