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Neat.

I stopped reading at "California’s average residential electricity rate is 15.34 cents per kWh" and checked my electricity bill. Here in California, I'm paying 40.82 cents per kWh. The website https://www.electricitylocal.com/ seems wildly off.

Edit: I did read the entire article. Just stopped to check what I was paying.




Probably just older data based on looking at the trends https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APUS49E72610?amp%253bdata_to... and https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APUS49A72610?amp%253bdata_to...

That said, mentioning it is one thing (it makes the case for low power devices even stronger) but why stop reading anything after the first error you identify? That doesn't guarantee you only get accurate information it just guarantees you'll miss out on good information, like the cheap high speed connectivity the article is actually demonstrating.


I meant that I stopped reading to check.

I read the entire article.


At that rate how are there any data centers in California?


Industrial and commercial users of power almost always get different pricing than residential rates in the US.


Different yes but not 4x different. I know in Illinois standard generic commercial is around 9 cents and residential is like 12 cents.


Not everyone has the same contracts and contacts.




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