Peak charges here (generation + delivery) are $0.56/kWh. That's insane. When I put in the solar array this number was $0.16. And I was told my rate was grandfathered in.
~$135 1190kWh (charged at ~$0.114 / kWh)
~$10.50 tax
~15.50 other fees/riders which can not be recouped with panels
OP is somehow paying ~25c/kWh, though I have to believe they are counting the connections fees etc in their estimate, based on natl averages they would be an outlier for most states. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/
My power is resold by the city so they don’t break it out, but a nearby county is 4.55c per kWh distribution charge and 5.96c per kWh generation charge.
Oof, that's awful. I just got a bill recently here in seattle and got a $10.67 base charge and an additional $0.0902 charge per KWH for a total price of $48.50 dollars for 415 KWHs used in a 68 day period.
I get the number from my October'23 PG&E bill in front of me.
I'm on the EV2A plan. The numbers on that website link are not what they charge on the actual bill. I don't know why they are allowed to publish fake numbers.
I find my (NorCal) PG&E bill extremely (and deliberately?) inscrutable, but for the most recent statement, the Off-peak net price was $0.427/kWh and $0.466/kWh on-peak.
Wholesale LMPs are often more like $80/MWh at peak and -$60/MWh at nega-peak, but that still works out to 14¢/kWh, which is about the same difference you're calculating with.
PG&E rates are based on some fictitious "average" household, which uses electricity and gas.
Then you pay more if you use more than this household did. ($0.22/$0.27/$0.48 per kwh, and $1.28/$1.88 per therm gas)
The thing is, if your household only has electricity for heating which is not as cost effective as gas, you may end up in the $0.48/kwh tier for electicity.
And around 16x for the lowest rate payers I know of (11-13 cents/kwh variable off peak/peak) who don’t have solar. Even better for those who do have solar.
I'm on SCE in California and I pay about $0.73 per day in "Basic Charges" (about $23/mo) if I use zero power. There are also grid-related charges (including a wildfire fund charge) that are usage-based on the order of $0.03/kWh. For my usage (about 1MWh per month) that means half the grid charges are flat and half are from usage.
For comparison, my TOU energy rates range from $0.06 to $0.25 per kWh depending on the season and time of day.
My peak generation charges were a further $.31/kWh.
I don’t pay the NEM number until end of year, but I just paid it and it was another $500 of accumulated NEM charges.
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