Re: energy in UK

On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:13:04 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

On 4/25/2025 1:20 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

For the record, the rate I pay in the Boston area is 16.3 US pennies
per kwh.  The UKP is 1.33 USD, so that translates to 12.3 pence per
kwh.
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Small industrial users near Boston pay slightly more, 20.14 US pennies
per kwh.  Larger users pay less, maybe 10 US pennies.

 
My most recent domestic electricity bill was 27.644p per kWh plus
57.484p per day standing charge.

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It's hard to sort out what the EFFECTIVE rate is, here (desert southwest).
There are *19* line items on each monthly statement.
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The closest thing to a "standing charge" (right to consume electricity?) is the
"Meter charge" of $15/month.  There's also a fixed "Renewable Energy Standard
Tariff" of $10.37.  And, assorted fees and taxes based on consumption.
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The line-item rate per KWHr is 8.7p/KWHr -- for the first 500KWHr
per month.  The next 500 are billed at 10.6p/KWHr.  The "delivery"
charge is about 4p/KWHr (in the winter... amusing that temps of 100F are
still considered "winter"!)
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I.e., our usage last billing period mirrors what we typically consume in June.
It will climb to 150% of that as summer sets in.
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Neglecting the "fixed" line items on the bill (as I have no idea
if you have similar costs), we pay just about 16p/KWHr inclusive
of generation, delivery charges, taxes (about $15), fees, etc.
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It's easy to tell.  Sort the items into two bins, one for all items
that do not vary with consumption, and the other for items that are
per kwh.  This will reduce the complication to an A + Bx equation.  A
is sum of fixed charges, and B is the sum of varying charges.

Joe