for anyone who knows kilowatt/hour stats off the top of their head

[bridgesyoucross.livejournal.com]

Anyone know what's going on with energy rates around here?

I just moved and haven't gotten my first energy bill yet, and I'm trying to use this online calculator to figure out how much my window unit's costing me, but it needs to know what my kilowatt/hour rate is and I have no idea what that might be.

The last discussion I could find in this community was over a year ago when people seemed to be saying that NStar was charging around 12 cents / kwh. Has it gone up since then?

Thanks in advance (or apologies, if this has been posted already).

Comments

[righteousness-1.livejournal.com]

I get 18.8 cents per kWh from NSTAR

[babstaah.livejournal.com]

The Supplier Basic Fixed cost is about 12 cents right now but the total delivered cost including distribution, transmission, and other screw us fees is closer to 19 cents as provided by righteousness.

[nathanjw]

About $0.18/kWh; be careful reading the new-format bills, as they fold the monthly service charge in to one of the line items and so it's easy to calculate something a bit higher.

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

In case anyone cares:

Bill date $/kWh (bill total/kWh)
Feb 05 $0.154
Mar 05 $0.154
Apr 05 $0.154
May 05 $0.161
Jun 05 $0.159
Jul 05 $0.163
Aug 05 $0.156
Sep 05 $0.151
Oct 05 $0.153
Nov 05 $0.152
Dec 05 $0.149
Jan 06 $0.151
Feb 06 $0.208
Mar 06 $0.213
Apr 06 $0.209
May 06 $0.213
Jun 06 $0.215
Jul 06 $0.211
Aug 06 $0.197
Sep 06 $0.197
Oct 06 $0.200
Nov 06 $0.198
Dec 06 $0.199
Jan 07 $0.197
Feb 07 $0.198
Mar 07 $0.196
Apr 07 $0.192
May 07 $0.191
Jun 07 $0.195

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Oh, NSTAR by the way.

Not that you asked, but per unit energy gas is about half the price, but the bills are in such different units (kWh vs Therms) that it's not easy to compare. 1 Therm is equivalent to 26.25 kWh or 105 MJ for those keeping score at home.