green homes: Cost of Electricity in our Homes Florida and other states
- 07/15/09 04:12 AM
Residential Electricity cost varies greatly from state to state. Prices can range from a low of $.073/ kwhr to over $.20 kwhr in Connecticut. It is $.24 in Hawaii. Here in Florida the avg. cost is about $.124/kwhrSo a home that uses 20,000 kwhr/year would spend from $1400 - $4800 annually on electricity for that same quanity. Here in Florida that 20,000 kwhr would cost about $2800/year (depending on where you live). Many evaluations on the cost / benefit of energy saving improvements are based on saving on these electricity cost both today and very often for many years. An important … (0 comments)
green homes: Florida-lots of sun, little Solar Electric... Germany, little sun lots of Solar- Why?
- 10/31/08 08:50 AM
Florida is the Sunshine State. Germany is the world leader in Solar Photovoltaic. Florida has way more sunshine than Germany, and Germany has way,way,way more solar electric installed. Florida has met with German officials and have learned of- Feed-In-Tariffs (FIT). Presently, Gainesville,Fl is considering implementing a FIT program. Currently Florida and other states offer rebates, the money runs out and the industry slows down. This scenario has played out in several states. IF we want to be serious about solar energy there needs to be a better way. And Germany, and other Europeon countries think that FIT is that better way. … (17 comments)
green homes: CNBC interview with EcoBroker
- 04/21/08 01:37 AM
Not sure if all had seen this short interview on CNBC with Founder CEO of Ecobroker John Beldock and first Eco broker of Denver CO Brad Sandler. This video is also posted on the Ecobroker website at www.ecobroker.com
Residential Electricity cost varies greatly from state to state. Prices can range from a low of $.073/ kwhr to over $.20 kwhr in Connecticut. It is $.24 in Hawaii. Here in Florida the avg. cost is about $.124/kwhrSo a home that uses 20,000 kwhr/year would spend from $1400 - $4800 annually on electricity for that same quanity. Here in Florida that 20,000 kwhr would cost about $2800/year (depending on where you live). Many evaluations on the cost / benefit of energy saving improvements are based on saving on these electricity cost both today and very often for many years. An important … (0 comments)
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