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What are you paying for electricity (price per kWh)?

Discussion in 'Prime Fuel Economy & EV Range' started by Clark_Kent, Aug 16, 2019.

  1. mveras1972

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    I pay $0.13/kWh regardless the time of day or night. Our power company has another plan that is $0.07/kWh from 9PM to 7AM Mon-Fri and all weekend, but then it is $0.29/kWh from 7AM to 9PM Mon-Fri. Given my situation I think it is better with the plan I have and I don't have to worry about what time it is to charge the car.
     
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    if this goes through, we'll be paying 30 cents/kwh
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    ... except for that featured solar powered home, linked for additional watching or reading. It looks like he makes enough net metering credits to not have to pay any energy charges. :D

    Over here, with mostly hydroelectric energy, I haven't heard any discussion of electric rate increases, only natural gas increases. Not that I'm currently buying any electricity either.
     
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    We're getting about an 18% price hike in January.
    From my solar power thread: (I think we're going solar | Page 9 | PriusChat) These prices are for 1,000 kWh or less. Anything over 1,000 is higher.

    [edit to add:: Oops! Too late to edit. The line with next year's customer fee was supposed to be, "plus $12.45/month to be a customer."]

    I haven't had a full year yet, so I don't know for sure how much Duke will pay me annually for my excess production, but I read somewhere that it's 3 cents/kWh. So that's what I figure it costs me to charge the car. At my average of 5.1 m/kWh, that about 6/10 of a cent per mile to drive in EV.
     
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    if i actually drove anywhere, i would have to reconsider gasoline. thankfully, i don't. (okay, except for florida, which is really aggravating two years in a row :mad:)
     
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    At the moment, about 9 cents CDN/kWh.
     
  7. Salamander_King

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    Our PUC just passed a rate increase for our utility. Starting in January, it will be a 90% increase in the supply rate, currently 6.2 cents per kilowatt-hour to 11.6 cents. Even if other rates such as distribution and transmission rates stay the same which is doubtful, a supply rate increase alone would bring our current $0.21/kWh rate to a new ~$0.27/kWh. This means my PP's EV/HV break-even gas price will be ~$3.618/gal. Yep, once again gas will be cheaper.

    I have to do a hard calculation comes Jan, but it is very likely that BEV is not going to be an economical choice of vehicle for me.
     
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    The PUC in Minnesota also authorized an increase.
    My price for electricity was calculated at $0.015.kWh. It is now $0.015/kWh and will remain that way for approximately the next 30 years.
     
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    curse you Z :mad: :p
     
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    The only good thing is that I have signed up for community solar. It was supposed to be operational sometime this year, but the project hit some delay may be due to COVID? I was told it should be finalized by the end of this year. If I can start seeing the solar discount on my utility, then I am guaranteed to save 15% on my utility bill. This should bring the rate down to ~$0.23/kWh. Still higher than the current rate, but not as bad. That means my PP's EV/HV break-even gas price will be ~$3.082/gal. Making the EV a viable option for now.
     
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  12. Salamander_King

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    Oh, wait. I currently have signed up for a green utility program on my utility account. I pay a fixed fee of $15 every month to buy renewable energy from the source for our monthly electricity consumption. Since this is more like a donation, I can stop anytime. Since I will be getting 100% of our electricity from the community solar, stopping this donation would bring our monthly rate $15/mo cheaper. This would bring the new rate after increase to ~$0.215/kWh, about the same as the current rate. The EV/HV break-even gas price will be ~$2.881/gal, making EV drive very attractive as long as the gas price stays above $3/gal
     
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    i wish we had some optional buy ins :(
     
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    thanks, i'll take a look. we have never be solicited. we are continually being solicited by companies offering a few cents off, guaranteed for a year
     
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    I'm currently at 10 cents, but we swing as high as 32 cents during summer peak TOU. Based on my driving pattern and conservative math at $4/gallon of gas - plugging-in is advantageous up to $0.30/KWH. I'm still saving a few pennies because of the way I skewed the math estimates; in case my miles/KWH dropped. It has because the weather is getting colder, but winter rates are a few pennies cheaper. We'll see over the next few months.
    I plug in every day and took a $15/month increase in my summer bill average. When compared with my old Prius C; I'm not buying 12 - 16 gallons of gas a month ~$48-$64 - great trade-off.
     
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    With gas prices here averaging over $4/gal ...
     
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    Fortunately, our gas price never topped $3.40/gal... yet. But still, it is at the highest level during my 4+ years of PP ownership.
     
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    My gas varies between 1.45-1.58/litre (~5.50 to 6.00$/gal) these days (we get frequent and large fluctuations). It’s gonna have to be way more expensive for electricity around here for gas to be a cheaper option per km.
     
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    I currently pay 40 cents a KWH for electricity I am in the UK where gas costs about the same
     
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