How much do you pay for Electricity?

[Barrister]

Apparently around $0.13 per kwh.

We have cheap hydro power, but a really spread out eletricity grid.  No gas here, as no gas pipeline in the area.

[sbr]

I had never really studied the back of the power bill before.

It seems they charge me $10.00 a month just for having a connection to the grid.

The first 250 kWh = 5.124¢
After that = 6.899¢
There are also Transmission and Distribution charges which = 0.3109¢  per kWh.

About 4.5% in taxes and fees on top of that.

I don't have natural gas here, but do OK on my electric bill.  I average about $120/month in a 1800 sq ft home.

[Brazen]

I had never really studied the back of the power bill before.

It seems they charge me $10.00 a month just for having a connection to the grid.

The first 250 kWh = 5.124¢
After that = 6.899¢
There are also Transmission and Distribution charges which = 0.3109¢  per kWh.

About 4.5% in taxes and fees on top of that.

I don't have natural gas here, but do OK on my electric bill.  I average about $120/month in a 1800 sq ft home.

Ah, though my per-kWh is high, my overall bill is £27 a month for electricity and £30 for gas

[Grey Fox]

Hydro-Quebec charges .40$ per day for the service.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I don't. it's included in the rent (very common in Vancouver these days to have hydro/gas in the rent already.

[Monoriu]

I don't know the rate but I know how much I pay each month.  The bulk of electricity is used in air con in HK, so the bill is mainly determined by the temperature.  In the hottest summer months, I pay about US$120 a month.  In the coldest months, I pay about US$40 a month.

[merithyn]

Just got our electric bill for January: $106. Our gas bill, on the other hand, was $232. (They come as one bill, giving us a whopping charge of $338 for energy costs.) Last year for the month of January, we paid over $700.

Our per kWh charge is: $0.06874000 up to 800 kWh, then $0.04856000 for every thereafter. (We used 876 kWh in January.) Then there's another $50 of charges on top of electricity usage (delivery, environmental, taxes, etc.)

Gas is $0.62149347 per PGA (no idea what that is), plus another $75 in fees and taxes.

We live in a drafty old duplex, roughly 1200sqft this side, and 1100sqft on the other, that's gas-heated. Last year the other side was empty, and it seems the other side's heat is helping ours a good bit now that it's occupied. In the summer it's about $120/month for gas and electricity since we don't have air conditioning.

[Admiral Yi]

21p for first 142 kWh per month
9p for rest

It gets cheaper as you use more?  That's wacky.

[ulmont]

21p for first 142 kWh per month
9p for rest

It gets cheaper as you use more?  That's wacky.

Pretty typical pricing structure.  "Volume discount" and all that.

[Korea]

Ours is $.011 for the first 800 kwh and $0.10 for the rest. We used 1586 kwh to heat a 779sq ft apt this month! Last January we only used 1000...wtf? And the only fee we have is an $8.00 "Facilities fee"

[Martim Silva]

According to my bill, I pay €0.121 ($0.175) per kWh.

Someplaces are even more expensive.

If you take into consideration that the average portuguese makes less than 15K per year...

[Admiral Yi]

Pretty typical pricing structure.  "Volume discount" and all that.

Everyone else in this thread pays more the more they use.  Conservation and all that.

[sbr]

Ours is $.011 for the first 800 kwh and $0.10 for the rest. We used 1586 kwh to heat a 779sq ft apt this month! Last January we only used 1000...wtf? And the only fee we have is an $8.00 "Facilities fee"

I used 30% more power this December than last and last year I had 18" of snow most of the month, none this year.

EDIT: Of course I didn't work more than 3 days this Dec. so I was home with the lights and heat running all day. 

[ulmont]

Pretty typical pricing structure.  "Volume discount" and all that.

Everyone else in this thread pays more the more they use.  Conservation and all that.

Korea and Merithyn do not, if you read their posts.

[Richard Hakluyt]

21p for first 142 kWh per month
9p for rest

It gets cheaper as you use more?  That's wacky.

There are no standing charges, monthly fees etc on British energy bills anymore (overwhelming majority at least). There was criticism that such fees discriminated against low-volume customers (the poor  ) so the companies got rid of them. Instead they grossly overcharge for the first few units and thus bugger the poor anyway 

Since I'm here, my electricity is £0.135 for the first 181 kWh and £0.125 for subsequent units. Luckily heating and hot water is provided by gas which is £0.082 for the initial units and then £0.024 for subsequent units. I live in a monumentally energy-inefficient and draughty Victorian house..............so the low(-ish) gas price is just as well.

edit..........there is also some "loyalty" refunds that occur annually, £50 in the last bill for "dual-fuel discount" and I also got £100 a few months back for staying with the same supplier for a year.