Presently (fall of 2019), Hawaii is at the highest level...31.16 cents per kWh. Alaska is at 23.56. And California is down around 19.86 (which is double of what you pay in Lou, Id, and Washington state).
I do agree, rates would have to go up around 35 to 40 cents if the state took over, and all this talked-about renovation were to take place. But so far, the state hasn’t proved they are that great of managers, and I think the PG&E attitude is...let them come and waltz into the minefield. You’d have to slip five to ten billion in state tax revenue into the bucket, so you’d be paying double in some ways for your electrical power.
I can say this...if you had to pay $300 to $400 a month, for undependable electricity, I’d have to put up a solar cell collector or wind-mill...or leave the state.
I’m in MS and it’s rated at 11.22 cent per kWh - 1600 sq ft condo (76 degrees in Summer and 73 degrees in Winter) averages about $130 a month electric and $15-$40 for gas depending on whether it’s just for cooking or if I use the gas fireplace to supplement the normal electric heating and make the LR cozy and romantic (maybe 2-1/2 months a year).
“And California is down around 19.86 (which is double of what you pay in Lou, Id, and Washington state).”
That’s the bottom rate. It quickly goes up to 30 cents from there.
“I can say this...if you had to pay $300 to $400 a month, for undependable electricity, I’d have to put up a solar cell collector or wind-mill...or leave the state.”
Yep, that is the choice we’re faced with. And it’s probably the choice they want to impose on us.
We’ll all have to become utilities of one. Solar with batteries and/or generators, which is not a bad idea, but how many people can afford that.
Top tier residential here is 60 cents per kWh. Lowest is 28c.