October 28,2009
Diesel has taken a jump upwards.
Cost of Propane
Amerigas in South Lake Tahoe: $2.75
Mountain Utilities: $ 3.34 per gallon ( bill 10-28-2009)
Kirkwood pays 21% more than our neighbors in South Lake Tahoe
Electricity:
Mountain Utilities
$48 cents kWh:
October 7, 2009
Mountain Utilities rates for September (by read date):
46 cents per kwh
$3.43 gallon of propane
Amerigas: 2.39 gallon
We paid 44% more than our neighbors in South Lake Tahoe
September 15, 2009
A report on Mountain Utilities (MU) August electric rate (by read date):
39 cents per kWh
Propane cost per gallon: $3.43
Compared to Amerigas in South Lake Tahoe at $2.39
We paid 44% more than our neighbors in South Lake Tahoe
August 23, 2009
A report on Mountain Utilities (MU) July 2009 propane and electric rates:
The July MU (by read date) rate was 9 cents a cubic foot, which converts to $3.28 a gallon. Our neighbors in South Lake Tahoe were charged $2.58.
We paid 27% more than our neighbors in South Lake Tahoe.
July electric rates were 46 cents per kWh.
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Do you want to compare cost and efficiency of various energy types?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/experts/heatcalc.xls
With $0.39 per kWhr plugged into the spreadsheet cell for the cost of electricity, the cost per million BTU of geothermal is the same as for propane (using a fuel cost of $2.47 per gallon – I don’t know what our cost is). My boiler mfg claims that my boiler is 80 percent efficient rather than the 78 percent efficient used in the DOE spreadsheet. For this efficiency the break even electricity cost would be $0.38 per kWhr for a propane cost of $2.47 per gallon.
Research and comment by Al Graf, April 9, 2009
