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US average kWh is 14.77 cents while PG&E TOU-C starts at 37.460 and goes up to 48.902. So it's worse than you list.

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph...

https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/tariffbook/ELEC_SCHED...



At that price of 37.4 cente per kWh and up I'm quite serious when I say that if I suddenly found myself owning a California house, I'd buy enough solar to meet my load needs, install a shitload of telecom grade 4000 cycle rated lifepo4 batteries (4.9kWh is about $1700 per module), charging setup, inverters etc and go off grid.

Maybe keep the grid link attached to a meter and 100A panel hooked up to nothing if needed for municipal compliance reasons.


That's pretty much what I'm doing, and for that reason.

I don't have a great explanation for why it isn't happening faster, but I predict a substantial exodus from the California grid. Especially so in places with gas bans or among folks who electrify of their own accord.


Oh wow. Of course I can’t login to PG&E and confirm that because “Your Account is currently unavailable due to planned maintenance”. Bunch of thieves.

Edit:

$385.06/1033kW = $0.37/kWh

A couple of servers really screws over the electric bill.




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