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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Record for Saudi, or record in general...?

'Cause I'm currently paying (CAD) between $109.7 and $140.8 (so USD $79.9 - $102.5) per MWh.

Edit: Damn it, I shifted a decimal in the mental conversion from KWh to MWh. Fixed the values above. (10x)

That Saudi power is much cheaper than I thought...

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm enjoying solar on my Australian roof.

Don't understand why the fuck we're investing so poorly in solar farms and everyone just complains about price of electricity. We're the sun cancer capital of the world; when life gives you sun, clear skies, and a thinned ozone layer, make electricity!

[–] incompetentboob@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Genuine question, where in Canada are you getting that price and is that including the Demand charge?

Cheap power in Canada is something I would genuinely be interested in

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Southern BC.

Not sure what you mean by demand charges. Additional cost for peak hours perhaps? Not really a thing where I live.

Energy is billed at the lower of the two numbers I gave for the first ~1.4MWh, then the rest is billed at the higher rate. (metered between two months) It doesn't matter when you use the energy.

Aside from the energy costs, there's a ~$0.22/day base charge and 5% gst. That's it.

Edit: (see the edit in previous comment)

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Southern BC is very close to the American Pacific Northwest, which is full of hydroelectric dams.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Yup, but we have quite a few of our own as well. Taking advantage of the Rocky Mountains above and below the border.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Paying around 300€/MWh in germany ...

But also we have well insulated houses, so its not that bad (i think). I am paying around 100 bucks for electricity and gas for one person.

[–] swicano@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You pay <1c /Kwh ?! That's crazy, we're 10x that here in the southeast US and I thought ours was pretty cheap

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I shouldn't do math late after work....

(see the edit above)

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cries in USA, paying $230/mWh. At least solar effectively zeroes out my usage via net metering, in the warmer months.

[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

These are wholesale prices. Not for consumers. Consumers always pay a lot more (about 10x)

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 8 points 2 years ago

Jamal Khashoggi.

[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That doesn’t really solve the problem. But thanks anyway, worth a try, I guess.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

My bad. I tried to archive it but it didn’t work

[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That doesn’t really solve the problem. But thanks anyway, worth a try, I guess.