My friend lives in Guam. Their electric price is around 0.27 per kWh. I’m getting 0.46 - 0.50 per kWh with PGE.
How is it cheaper to send refined oil by tanker to a tiny island in the Pacific than it is to get electricity in a state with massive solar, wind installs and multiple refineries?
I’m guessing public ownership of the Guam utility is part of the answer.
Yeah, fortunately some of those counties have better options. Sacramento has SMUD, Stanislaus county has MID and TID, Merced county has M(erced)ID. Those are all way cheaper than PG&E, and those are just the ones I personally know of.
There’s hope on the horizon for other communities like Manteca, where SSJID is working to develop their own electrical service. It’s hard to say at this point if anything will actually come of that, though.