Crazy how cheap the electricity is across the board.

EU average is almost double, 40 cents per kwh

skeeter2020 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm in Alberta, Canada where energy is (at least for now!) cheap and plentiful. I'm with a community-owned energy marketer and pay 6 cents per kwh, and just of $3 per GJ. If we paid anywhere near your rates the seperation referendum would have turned out differently!

	▲	alongwayup 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Alberta is one of the more expensive provinces for electricity, and the average is around 20 cents per kwh as of March 2026 according to federal government: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/ma... Which also has this quote: "In Alberta, where electricity is supplied through a competitive retail market, residential prices tend to be slightly higher and more variable over time compared with most other provinces."
	▲	teekert 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		6 cents per kwh! Can we set up some shipping back and forth for batteries, you charge them, I pay you for it and can have cheaper energy. This is about what we pay here for delivery back to the grid, yes pay, not earn, they don't want our solar, we have too much (yes we can turn them off, and we do).
	▲	dghlsakjg 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Isn't power production and rates a provincial concern? Why in the world would the cost of electricity be a factor in wanting to separate federally by anyone with the slightest amount of brain tissue?

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mtoner23 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Thanks natural gas and fracking

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greyw 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wonder how much higher electricity costs would be without natural gas, fracking and nuclear.

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petcat 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nobody forced Germany to shut down their nuclear plants. The US even warned them not to do it for over a decade. Obama and Merkel had a joint press conference where Merkel assured everyone that Germany had a "10 to 15-year plan". The Biden administration even sanctioned German companies building Nordstream 2 because it was a Russian geopolitical project that would be weaponized against them.

Well we see how that turned out.

	▲	vegan_muffin 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Merkel's lack of brain or personal folder in Moscow archives forced Germany. It often hard to tell with Germans if it's their stupidity due to arrogance (they in many ways never grew out of their pre world war two self image as the most developed mentally, morally and technologically nation in whole Europe) or their corruption.