Hacker News Reader

Hacker News

Comment by cbsmith | Hacker News Reader

Parent Full thread

cbsmith

$0.42/kwH is competitive? I think the highest I've ever paid was $0.43/kwH.

View on HN

FWIW my nearest DCFC, the Electrify America station at my local Walmart, charges $0.56/kWh.

It depends on where you live and the time of day. I've seen some above $0.60 in Pennsylvania.

Sure, but in Texas?

I've also seen them at $0.27 off-peak. It's all over the place.

Yeah, I've seen around $0.40/kWh often. Looking around in plugshare I see a lot having around $0.50 in North Texas.

DCFC is a good bit more expensive than a L2 charge.

I think I've been misled about the wonders of energy deregulation in Texas.

This is rates at DCFC. You're paying for far more than just the price of electricity. Those chargers and dispensers aren't free, they're often empty, they need to recoup costs in a few year horizon.

Charging at home it costs me about $0.135/kWh.

> This is rates at DCFC. You're paying for far more than just the price of electricity. Those chargers and dispensers aren't free, they're often empty, they need to recoup costs in a few year horizon.

I'm very aware you pay a premium for DCFC. Presumably Texas' regulatory structure would help with all of that.

> Charging at home it costs me about $0.135/kWh.

So you're paying more than I pay to charge at home with my municipally owned and operated power company in California.

Charging companies will charge what they can get away with. FWIW it used to be more like $0.30/kWh.

Most of California pays a rate 2x what I'm paying, which is a pretty typical rate.

> Charging companies will charge what they can get away with. FWIW it used to be more like $0.30/kWh.

Yup, and they can charge a premium for fast charging, because it is really convenient when you need it.

> Most of California pays a rate 2x what I'm paying, which is a pretty typical rate.

Yeah, all the private companies in California charge a fortune for power. It's ironic that the municipal services are so much more cost effective.

FWIW, I used to pay more like 8.5-9c/kWh before the big freeze. Things got way more expensive after that. The TDSP (Oncor) had a big rate hike for all the upgrades/replacements coupled with an extra rider the state enforced to pay the stupid high gas prices of that time.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com