How much does electricity cost in the U.S.A (and other places..) ?

[coconaut]

In Ontario

Winter
5am - 9am $0.09
9am - 5pm $0.07
5pm - 9pm $0.09
9pm - 5am $0.04

Summer
5am - 9am $0.07
9am - 5pm $0.09
5pm - 9pm $0.07
9pm - 5am $0.04

We also pay a 'delivery charge' which costs about as much as our total kWh consumption.

 

[thingshappening]

How do they do the tier system in California? What's it based on? Time of day, usage relative to expected usage?

 

[thingshappening]

here in oakland california its pretty expensive. up to .40 cents a kwh at peak usage.

my rates are as follows...( i have CARE which is a little cheaper)

base1 - 11 cents kwh
base 2- 13.5 cents a kwh
base 3- 29 cents a kwh
base 4- 40 cents a kwh

Talking to other growers in my area...running 5 lights will cost around 1100 a month. running 10 lights is like 2300 a month.

When i ran a 2400w grow my rates were around 250 a month. Right now with care im pulling around 1600watts and my bill is 95 bucks a month, but i expect that to hit around 500 bucks a month once i bump it up to 4 lights. thank god for CARE!!

IIRC that's roughly double what most pay in Colorado (5 lights costs 600-ish in metro Denver, I think, don't quote me), while the street price is roughly the same in both states.

Fuckin' ouch.

 

[supersmallgiant]

$.09/h in the summer and $.06/h in the winter if you have electric heat that will heat at least half the house. Then further discounts if you are less than 288% above the poverty line.