What is your cost per KWh for electricity and how is it produced

[reinbeau]

Well, the last bill says:

Basic Service Fixed - 0.1266 x 459 kWh - $58.11

Customer Charge 6.30
Distribution Charge 0.02548 x 459 kWh 11.69
Transition Charge 0.00119 x 459 kWh 0.55
Transmission Charge 0.01602 x 459 kWh 7.35
Dem Side Mgmt Chg 0.0025 x 459 kWh 1.15
Renewable Energy Chg 0.0005 x 459 kWh 0.23
Total delivery charge 27.27

Total of $85.38

Whatever that all means. All I know is my bill is down substantially from last year, we used 506 kWhs back then, each month I can compare and see the lower average daily kWhs used and the savings.

 

[xpc]

Western Kentucky is 10.1 cent per kWh, it comes from the TVA and am near two hydro plants so am guessing the bulk of it is coming from those.

We have a $15 mo. customer charge, $3.25 right of way surcharge, and a $2 school tax. Which all irks me because my minimum bill without using anything is $20.

My house is all electric and took considerable conservation to reduce it to 250 kWh a month, total bill is $45.

 

[TanksHill]

I have a tiered rate...

Baseline allowance 368 kWh
baseline usage 368 @ .04
101% to 130% of baseline 110 kwh @ .06
131% to 258% of baseline 258 kwh @ .21
Over 200% of baseline 112 kwh @.23

My actual electricity charge is about 67.00 but then add in all the charges. I used a bunch. 848kWh. I feel like a glutton compared to some of you.
bond charge 4.17
transmission 10.89
Distribution 63.28
public programs 29.26
Nuclear decommissioning .39
competition transition charge 1.79
Reliability Service .44

total charges 178.16 Not sure what all the above charges are actually for. it seems the distribution cost more than the power itself.

 

[reinbeau]

Well, my heat is by oil and my hot water by propane, so that accounts for some of the difference.

 

[xpc]

Addendum: my heat is from wood and hot water by sol (sun). Actually because I live in a fairly temperate climate I only needed to start 10 fires for all of last season, and only when it dropped below 50F in the house.

 

[TanksHill]

I often think about what source of power I would prefer if starting over. I think I would do solar and Propane. This way I would be a bit more SS. Propane is pretty expensive though.

 

[VT-Chicklit]

My heat is mainly wood, but I have an oil furnace that heats my hot water (year round) and the house if the wood stove goes out and the temp goes below 58 deg. My cooking and dryer (I do not use it) are propane and we go through about 70 gal of propane a year because I have a stove with pilots. I know that the pilots are wasteful but in a power outage I can use my oven and have it come on and off, so I dont want one with an electric start.