How much does electricity cost retail per kilowatt?

Answer 1

The cost of a kWh depends on several things. a) do you have very large peak loads, b) what is your annual demand, c) what is the cost of the supply lines to your site. And so on.

In Wanaka, New Zealand, a domestic consumer using less than 8 000 kWh per year, we pay NZ 28c per kWh for 'on-demand' power, and 21c per kWh for 'off-peak controlled' power (Hot water heating).

If you have large peak demands, then you'll put great demand on the lines and supply system, but which is going to be idle for most of the time. But it has to be paid for.

Answer 2

I pay .07 cents a kilowatt.

Answer

A kilowatt measures power, which is the rate at which you use energy. You do not pay for power but, rather, for energy. For the purpose of billing consumers, energy is measured in kilowatt hours (kW.h).

So, the above answer should read 0.07 cents per kilowatt hour.

Answer 3

In Ontario Canada in 2007 it cost 4.7 cents.