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nicceyesterday at 9:10 PM1 replyview on HN

> At peak hours electricity is $0.13/kwh but the delivery charge is $0.50/kwh.

Unfortunately, transmission has a natural monopoly risk, unless the government owns without profit requirements. The price peak is when it is just cheaper to make second set of lines next to old one and you can still pay the investment with fewer customers and lower price.


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LinXitoWtoday at 8:49 AM

If we had renewables everywhere, wouldn't a lot of that potentially disappear?