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I pay about $0.14 per KWH. But, electricity costs in California alwaysI have never bought into this argument. OK, we pay for the externals,
have been high because of air pollution regulation that require the
utilities to use cleaner fuels and to have cleaner generating systems than
in most other parts of the country.
Unfortunately, there is a "free lunch" in the sense that most electricity
consumers do not pay for the "external" costs of generating power. For
example, you probably are not paying the real costs of air pollution
caused by using coal-fired plants nor for the disposal of nuclear waste
from the nuclear reactor on you electric bill. Much of that is subsidized
by the taxpayer in most parts of the country. Here more of it is covered
by the ratepayer.