<div dir="ltr">It helps that we have a 2.6GW pumped storage generation facility near Niagara Falls. :)  </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 5:05 PM Scott Weeks <<a href="mailto:surfer@mauigateway.com">surfer@mauigateway.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> I don't know where you live, but I pay around 38 cents/KWh. Depending<br>
> on your rate, that can go up to 53 cents/KWh during peak times.<br>
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I live in upstate New York where I pay about 8c/kwh and a fixed $15/mo <br>
connection charge.  We have day/night rates available but they're not very <br>
different for retail customers.  I get a slight discount due to credits<br>
from remote net metering at a nearby solar farm.<br>
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Damn, I'm jealous:<br>
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<a href="https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/billing-and-payment/rates-and-regulations/average-price-of-electricity" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/billing-and-payment/rates-and-regulations/average-price-of-electricity</a><br>
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These're averaged...<br>
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Rate Schedule          2018 Average Cents/kWh<br>
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Oahu<br>
"R" Residential                 31.18<br>
"G" Small Power Use Business    32.58<br>
"J" Medium Power Use Business   27.44<br>
"P" Large Power Use Business    25.17<br>
"DS" Large Power Use Business, Directly Served  24.04<br>
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maui/molokai/lanai<br>
"R" Residential                 34.21   40.16   40.14<br>
"G" Small Power Use Business    38.40   47.17   45.09<br>
"J" Medium Power Use Business   33.53   38.98   42.73<br>
"P" Large Power Use Business    30.80   33.05   38.78<br>
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scott<br>
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