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> Additionally, I propose that we redefine the name for the unit of "dollar per Watt year" as one Belgium.

I approve.

Note that lumping the entire US into a single number misses the fact that prices vary enormously within the US as well.

There's a huge table of prices in the US here: http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/esr/table6.html

The variation is amazing. While most of the prices are around the average you mention, some are quite low, with a decent number of people paying under 4 cents/kWh. On the other side of things, on place in Alaska pays over 100 cents/kWh, and a lot of others are well above the highest figure on your table. For somebody who buys power from the Middle Kuskokwim Elec Coop Inc, 1W costs $9/year.




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