Another Way of Looking At It...

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Well, it depends. I know there are quite a few utilities that offer time of day rates of 50cents/9kwh=~5cents/kwh. It depends on use... Electricity in bulk is way cheap. It only becomes expensive when the grid needs to pump out an extra 20-40% above and beyond what it usually makes 99% of the time. Those power plants that only get used a couple times a year are incredibly expensive. The stuff made when the grid is nearly idle during the early morning is incredibly cheap. Larger companies will sign up for time of day rates and invest in some sort of storage or work around that schedule just because they're a half to a third of everyday rates. It's kinda like buying enough gas to last until December in March, except the difference in price is way more.