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I think it would be better if PG&E charges were decreased as well.

They currently charge .28-.51/kwh (yikes!)

the wholesale price for electricity in california is 3-4c/kwh

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In Holland its 0.66€/KWh on average. So 0.69$/KWh with the current exchange rate. Think you got a pretty sweet deal there.

For the US it isn't great. My small town charges $16 for the connection and $0.10 a kWh.

Less than $0.15 per kWh is pretty common.

I pay about a third of the rate and I am in an area that is so close to PGE that I could throw a rock and hit them. It’s terrible pricing, even for the area.

Also before Putins energy war?

The real war is on Putin. The energy prices are on the Western world's response.

Putin started tampering with the gas already during the summer of 2021. The effects of this were likely part of the calculus on the West's response to the war, which he severely misinterpreted given that we have decided to accept the current chaotic market conditions rather than give up Ukraine.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/24/russia-is-pumping-less-natur...

Putin is only mentioned once in that article and only in a context of people criticizing the dependency on Russian natural gas. There's nothing there that implies "tampering", and the article speculatively couches the moves in economic terms, prioritizing new delivery means. I suppose you just think Putin is behind everything.

Occasionally accidentally burning half the state is an expensive habit, it turns out.

Marginal rate for power is small, yes. But the grid consumers are paying for the whole grid. Of course they are, somebody has to.

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