San Diego Utility’s Rates for Industry Are Highest in Nation
NEW YORK — A San Diego utility charges the highest electricity rates for industrial customers, followed by five utilities in the Northeast, a survey released Sunday revealed.
The survey of 146 utilities by Energy User News found rates ranging from 12.6 cents per kilowatt hour charged by San Diego Gas & Electric to 1.51 cents per kilowatt hour from Ohio Valley Electric, a single-customer utility serving a government installation.
Generally, utilities with the cheapest rates relied on hydroelectric power, and those with higher rates used more expensive means of electrical production--oil, relatively new nuclear plants or natural gas, said Paul Shaffer, editor of the trade publication.
As of December, it said, the San Diego utility was followed by New York’s Consolidated Edison, at 11.6 cents per kilowatt hour; Connecticut’s United Illuminating, 9.3 cents; and Jersey Central Power & Light, in New Jersey, 8.6 cents.
Next highest were Eastern Edison of Massachusetts, 8.5 cents; Long Island Lighting Co. of New York, 8.5 cents; Hawaiian Electric, 8.2 cents, and three at about 8 cents per kilowatt hour--Southern California Edison, Central Hudson Gas & Electric of New York and Boston Edison of Massachusetts.
Utilities with the cheapest industrial rates, after Ohio Valley Electric, included the Tacoma (Wash.) Department of Public Utilities, 1.6 cents; New York State Power Authority, 1.9 cents; Bonneville Power, in Washington, 2.1 cents; Idaho Power Co., 2.3 cents, and Seattle City Light, 2.4 cents.
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