alt Hacker NewsThe pacific northwest’s vast hydro capacity makes it maximally attractive to own an EV. The rest of the country isn’t nearly so lucky.
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sitkack • today at 1:12 AM
Seattle City Light owns a sizable chunk of its generating capacity.
Danox • yesterday at 10:01 PM
One of the reasons Norway can go all electric (EV’s), but most of the world doesn’t have the hydroelectric resources they have.
tadfisher • today at 12:03 AM
Doesn't make electricity much cheaper
acdha • yesterday at 9:18 PM
Maybe it’s not as much cheaper but it’s cheaper than gas anywhere in the country.
rayiner • yesterday at 9:01 PM
I’m at $0.11 in Maryland which gets 40% of its power from nuclear.
jwr • yesterday at 9:30 PM
I'm in the EU and the factor is 3-4x.
Neither Oregon nor Washington are in the top 10 states for cheapest residential power. Everywhere except for the Northeast and California has prices within a few cents per kWh of the Pacific Northwest.