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The price of power


All hydro costs shown are in Canadian funds. The evaluation took place at exchange rates current on Februrary 20, 2008, and is based on the cost for a monthly residential electrical consumption of 1000 kilowatt-hours (kWh). For exact totals, click here.
 

 


SOURCES

Canadian
All cities: Manitoba Hydro utility rate comparison: May 1, 2007.

International
London: Retrieved using Energylinx, a price-comparison tool, for a hypothetical 1000-kWh monthly usage.

Moscow: Electricity prices reported in Kommersant Online in January 2008.

San Francisco: Summary 2005 documents from the California Energy Commission.

New York: Summary 2006 documents from the Energy Information Administration.


 

Comments

Wow, this cost comparison

Comment by Anonymous - 03/12/2008 - 17:40
Wow, this cost comparison makes me feel lucky to live in Vancouver. Imagine the monthly bill in London ....

You bet. I'm getting by with

Comment by jbucher - 03/12/2008 - 21:07
You bet. I'm getting by with about 25 bucks a month for my hydro--about a tenth of an average household in London. John Bucher Editor, Granville Online

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