×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

$/kW estimate

$/kW estimate

$/kW estimate

(OP)
What is the latest $/kW that is used in estimates (annual costs, Man'f comparisons, etc)?  I've used 0.06/kW in the past.  Has this changed lately?

Does anyone know what it is in the LA area?

RE: $/kW estimate

(OP)
Opps, that's $/kwh.....

RE: $/kW estimate

depends where you are located, in fact where the application is located. You need to review utiltiy bills of the recent past if this is an existing facility or contact a utility co. for rate structure for the given type of faciltiy.

.06 $/kW sounds too low in most places in the USA.

RE: $/kW estimate

Places in California run $0.13/kWh

TTFN



RE: $/kW estimate

Sorry I can not give you an answer.  I just recall 30 years ago, on a tour of the NY power pool, I asked and through out that # and it got a big laugh then.

However, my current residitial in NC is 0.065.

RE: $/kW estimate

My current residential, as I keep tooting, is $0.256/kWh!

RE: $/kW estimate

Mine is 0.06 per kwhr... it really depends on your locality.

Steamguy2
www.SteamPlantEngineering.com - Discussion & resources for professionals in the Power Generation Industry

RE: $/kW estimate

US prices mostly in the range from 0.03 to 0.15. Rates depend on a lot of things, including time of year. A summer-peaking utility may sell you power at 0.03 in the winter time if you agree to use electric heat, but increase rates tremendously in the summer.

RE: $/kW estimate

(OP)
FYI.... I found that the annual average is just below $0.06/kWh at our plant in LA per the Utility. Of course, more in summer, less in winter.

It's usually more difficult to get this from the utility, but they were nice this time....

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources