California is not typical and their situation is largely self-inflicted. In many other parts of the US it is still very cheap.
It's highly regional. Per kWh, Connecticut pays twice as much as New Jersey, on average. Boston pays three times what Arizona pays. The government updates price tables monthly:
It could have been, but ideologues won’t stop talking about wind turbines vs fossil fuels. Over 30% of California’s grid comes from renewable resources, which seems great, but appears to have come at a cost.
For most of us it is cheap. I don't know what is going on in California, but they are not typical.