@GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agohow much power does your system need?message-square130fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-down1message-squarehow much power does your system need?@GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFubarberrylinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoThat seems really high, I think power where I live is about 12-14 cents per kilowatt hour. What makes it so expenses where you live?
minus-squaremesalinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-23 months agoMostly just that they can. It’s more expensive per tier actually. https://www.pge.com/assets/pge/docs/account/rate-plans/residential-electric-rate-plan-pricing.pdf Take a look, this is the old pricing. They just voted to up it again. There’s legislation that is moving along to charge people with solar because…idk.
minus-square@Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoThey’re charging for solar because PGE is a greedy fuck.
minus-squaremesalinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoYes. There was talk locally for local government to take control of the power but it’s just talk… It gets over 110 where I live in the summer…so air conditioning can make it very expensive.
minus-squareFubarberrylinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoWait this is in the US? How, this is even more expensive than Hawaii, and they have obvious reasons for power to be more expensive there
minus-square@Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-23 months agoPGE serves Northern California. They keep raising rates like 10-15% each year to cover their losses after all the wildfires a couple years ago and because of the greed.
minus-square@A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoTake note, folks. Watch this trend spread.
minus-squaremesalinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoYep. And they are talking about a couple more price hikes next year. Significant ones.
minus-square@bobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoDamn, I wish ours was that cheap. We’re roughly $.30/kwh, mostly because our local poco is a reseller of SCE and we’re in a rural area.
minus-square@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-23 months ago0.50 $/kWh is a normal price in Europe now
That seems really high, I think power where I live is about 12-14 cents per kilowatt hour. What makes it so expenses where you live?
Mostly just that they can. It’s more expensive per tier actually.
https://www.pge.com/assets/pge/docs/account/rate-plans/residential-electric-rate-plan-pricing.pdf
Take a look, this is the old pricing. They just voted to up it again.
There’s legislation that is moving along to charge people with solar because…idk.
They’re charging for solar because PGE is a greedy fuck.
Yes. There was talk locally for local government to take control of the power but it’s just talk…
It gets over 110 where I live in the summer…so air conditioning can make it very expensive.
Wait this is in the US? How, this is even more expensive than Hawaii, and they have obvious reasons for power to be more expensive there
PGE serves Northern California. They keep raising rates like 10-15% each year to cover their losses after all the wildfires a couple years ago and because of the greed.
Take note, folks. Watch this trend spread.
Yep. And they are talking about a couple more price hikes next year. Significant ones.
Damn, I wish ours was that cheap. We’re roughly $.30/kwh, mostly because our local poco is a reseller of SCE and we’re in a rural area.
0.50 $/kWh is a normal price in Europe now