On Mar 16, 2006, at 7:55 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Plug-in Prius while running as purely electric vehicle, cost per
mile: ~2.6 cents *
We may get away with that for a while, but sooner or later the states
have to find a way to pay for the road maintenance currently paid for
by gas taxes. Meanwhile, the lack of road taxes on electricity is a
great and automatic incentive.
On Mar 16, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Craig Haynie wrote:
You're only paying 8 cents per KWH. I'm paying something like 13.4
cents per KWH.
Here is a map showing residential electric power costs in different
states:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/brochure/electricity/electricity.html
The national average in 2003 was just over 8 cents.
- Jed
The above map only shows current electric prices, not the incremental
cost of new electricity. It reflects much old capital invested in
dams, etc. As vehicles are converted from petroleum to electric
power the incremental demand will cause new the electric rates to
come more closely in line nation wide. However, implementation of
communication system based power company managed demand control
systems for load balancing could significantly reduce power costs. A
load demand control system in concert with renewable energy sources
could produce dramatic long term savings.
Horace Heffner
