Comment by riku_iki
3 years ago
It is residential "ultimate" customers.
My current bill for initial tier is: 42c/kwh delivery + 15c/kwh generation, and even higher over initial consumption.
I guess I am not "ultimate" customer.
3 years ago
It is residential "ultimate" customers.
My current bill for initial tier is: 42c/kwh delivery + 15c/kwh generation, and even higher over initial consumption.
I guess I am not "ultimate" customer.
'ultimate customer' means the customer using the power, which you are.
The reason you don't pay the price listed on that page is because you are only one customer. You are not the average customer.
The fact that I live in the center of densely populated area and serviced by major provider who also holds monopoly, makes me think there is a chance that table's numbers are just not what you think. They may include just generation cost, and not delivery, or there is something about "ultimate customer" definition.
Also, there were several hikes since Oct in my understanding.
I read form EIA-861, which is where the data comes from.
Looks like sales to "ultimate customers" means it excludes electricity that was not sold, electricity that was sold to resellers, energy lost, etc.
The form also collects information about revenue from delivery "and other related charges"
42c/kwh delivery sounds insane. I couldn't find much data about average delivery rates, but I plugged in a few counties here and it looks like many areas have delivery rates significantly lower than that: https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/RateComparison
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