Electricity Price Comparisons

Users share and debate electricity costs per kWh across regions like California, Europe, and various US areas, highlighting stark differences and affordability issues.

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Sample Comments

nottorp Dec 20, 2025 View on HN

Hate you from Europe :)[roughly 23 us cents / kWh on my last bill]

jjaredsimpson Jul 24, 2017 View on HN

That's $2.85 per kWh. Seems impractical

jtchang Jan 4, 2022 View on HN

Whoops I was off. It's around 32 cents per KWH.

imtringued Jun 1, 2021 View on HN

The chart you linked shows $0.36 per kWh.

malajubee Jul 27, 2017 View on HN

I'm not OP, but I wonder about the same. My electricity price is on average 0,06$ kWh.Can you show me your calculation?

karmanyaahm Aug 18, 2022 View on HN

The page says they're paying $2/kWh, the average electricity cost in (as an example) San Jose is $0.24/kWh. That means they're probably reserving this for emergencies, not for daily or weekly use.

This is a PG&E area as stated charging ~40c per kWh as stated by the post above?

dbcooper Jan 21, 2023 View on HN

Any indication of cost per kWh?

yourusername Aug 30, 2022 View on HN

Your electricity is incredibly cheap. I'm paying $0.70 per kWh. your example costs me $1840 per year.

winter7 Nov 12, 2020 View on HN

Expensive? Electricity is dirtcheap is the US. Try Germany, i pay 0.32 € per KW/h.