Depending on your location, the cost can vary from about $0.02 ( two cents )
to about $0.20 ( twenty cents ) per kW/hr. This is for most parts of North
America. You should check on your power bill for the cost that they are
charging to you, or call them.

Many power companies pro-rate their pricing. As you use more, the price will
drop, as per volume discounting. In some regions where they want the
customers to use less, they pro-rate the cost in the opposite direction.
Some power distributors, want to give preference to industrial users,
therefore, they charge higher rates, as the user consumes more power. This
is known as "reverse pro-rated costing".

To know your rates, and how they work from your power distributor, you
should call them and ask.

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"Watson A.Name - Watt Sun" wrote in message
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"Watson A.Name - Watt Sun" wrote in message
m...
I was watching the local ABC News and they had a piece on vampire
appliances. They said that an appliance could be using about 5 watts
when it's turned off, and that's about $4.00 a month. This sounded a
bit high to me. But since I don't get an electric bill, I have no way
to tell.

5 watt-hours times 730 hours a month is 3650 watt-hours or 3.65 kWh.

More than a dollar a kWh?

Well, with all those followups, I've yet to see an answer to my
original Q, above. Like, nowadays, is the cost electricity a dollar a
kWh?



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