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Click on your state and compare.
People in Hawaii pay the most for electricity, about 33 cents per kWh. A Hawaiian household whose electricity use was around the national average would have a monthly electric bill over $300. The high cost of crude oil used to generate the state's electricity is driving the price, EIA energy economist Tyler Hodge told me.
Idaho had the lowest price, at about 8 cents per kWh. So the typical US household would pay about $73 for electricity each month in Idaho. Hodge says Idaho generates much of its electricity from hydroelectric dams, which require virtually no fuel. Also, the cost of constructing the dams have been spread out over many decades. This all has kept electricity prices in Idaho low
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/27/141766341/the-price-of-electricity-in-your-state?sc=nl&cc=pmb-20111028
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My sister-in-law by marraige was stationed in Hawaii years ago and even then it was expensive. Everything's expensive there, not just utilities. Apartment rentals would make your hair stand on end.
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Given that my last electricity bill was $120, I'm packing my suitcase and hitchhiking to Idaho! If we're going to be wasteful (and I'm sure that's why it was higher than normal) I'm doing it in the cheapest place I can!
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It's turned cold here this week so I'm already fretting about how big mine is going to be. I wish they could give you a set amount to pay for the year and average it out over 12 monthly payments. It would be much less painful than getting hit with the shockers.
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It's turned cold here this week so I'm already fretting about how big mine is going to be. I wish they could give you a set amount to pay for the year and average it out over 12 monthly payments. It would be much less painful than getting hit with the shockers.
Or you could figure it out for yourself by adding up a year's worth of bills, dividing it by 12, and putting that aside monthly in a separate account. The only thing is there will be months you won't have enough if you start doing it in the heavier months. Start saving when your year is at its lightest to get the most benefit.
I'm glad I don't live in Hawaii! I suppose most that do have higher paying jobs with it being an expensive state in many ways to live in eg home prices, so it kinda balances that out.
The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. ~Author Unknown