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pistoriusp
on Oct 26, 2009
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Mac Mini Pays for Itself After 2 Years
Would love to know what his KWH consumption is per month. His electricity bill is 1/2 mine. Is electricity generally cheap in North America?
jcoby
on Oct 26, 2009
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I pay $0.085 per Kw/H. That's lower than most of the US though. I can power my 1400 sqft house with a macbook pro running 24x6 for about $90/month.
pistoriusp
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You live in a wonderful country!
pmjordan
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I can tell you that in Europe, €0.20-0.25/kWh (about US$ 0.30-0.37, ZAR 2.20-2.80) is typical for residential customers.
pistoriusp
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Ok, that is fairly expensive. I pay 0.74 ZAR (~0.097 USD) per KWH.
Although, a recent proposal of a 135% increase over the next three years is under discussion.
zandorg
on Oct 26, 2009
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I'm not sure, but NPower in the UK appears to be 8 pence (about 12 cents). That does seem low!
pmjordan
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My figures include taxes and average amortization of any fixed costs. That said, UK energy prices do seem to be lower than in central Europe; I'm not sure why.
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