Electricity in Alaska

[L8 APEX]

I just talked with a guy up in Alaska. Among many other interesting facts he said his electricity costs 70 cents per kWH! Dayum!

[03LightningRocks]

I just talked with a guy up in Alaska. Among many other interesting facts he said his electricity costs 70 cents per kWH! Dayum!

WTF!!!!!!!!!!! If electricity get's that high here, solar panels on the roof would be my next mod.

[Moonshine]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!! If electricity get's that high here, solar panels on the roof would be my next mod.

Ron, he said 70 cents per, not $70 per.

[L8 APEX]

That is still a fortune. I pay 12 cents per currently. That is almost 6 times! So a 220 dollar bill down here would be $1278 bucks up there! Of course your bill would be less since you only need lights and cooking mainly. Heat would have to come from wood to be affordable. His trucks draws about two thousand watts when plugged in during the winter.

[Moonshine]

Disregard my post. I was thinking we were paying $12-15 per KwH, rather than the 12-15 cents. I need to go to bed. :hammer:

[L8 APEX]

But your night has only begun:icon_eek:

[03LightningRocks]

I wonder if an electric generating windmill would have a problem with freezing up in Alaska?

As for burning wood, I suppose one of those whoop-ti-do high efficiency wood burning stoves wood be in demand. Still, burning wood for heat on a mass scale would eventually lead to polluted as hell air and a major deforestation. Maybe since oil is plentiful in Alaska, oil burning furnaces would come in handy. Still, running the blower for a forced air heating system could cost a bloody fortune.

[Silver_2000]

Some of the offsets are that as a resident you get a check every year - sort of reverse state tax ...

[99WhiteBeast]

Some of the offsets are that as a resident you get a check every year - sort of reverse state tax ...

So I could move to Alaska and not work and get paid? If so maybe we need to spread the word

[tiffo60]

So I could move to Alaska and not work and get paid? If so maybe we need to spread the word

i think you have to be a resident for 2+ years before you get a check, but i dated a girl from alaska and her checks were healthy :icon_mrgreen:

[dboat]

i think you have to be a resident for 2+ years before you get a check, but i dated a girl from alaska and her checks were healthy :icon_mrgreen:

usually about $1000 per year

[charlie]

usually about $1000 per year

Not worth the cold, or the high cost of everything.

Charlie

[BC Lightning]

Not worth the cold, or the high cost of everything.

Charlie

thought the checks were closer to $5,000 but dont know

When I was in Alaska, they residents said that their address was in Alaska, but lived elsewhere in the country during the winter

every few miles they also have shacks set up along the roads so if you get stranded you can survive

[dboat]

thought the checks were closer to $5,000 but dont know

When I was in Alaska, they residents said that their address was in Alaska, but lived elsewhere in the country during the winter

every few miles they also have shacks set up along the roads so if you get stranded you can survive

That is way far north Alaska.. the weather in Anchorage is about the same as it is in Erie, PA.. I would move there in a heartbeat.

[tiffo60]

usually about $1000 per year

actually hers were 2500 while in school and went up when she turned 21 or something like that

[BC Lightning]

That is way far north Alaska.. the weather in Anchorage is about the same as it is in Erie, PA.. I would move there in a heartbeat.

Yeah thats true, it was around 65-68 the weekend we were in anchorage, my dad and I played a round of golf at midnight, and there was still plenty of sun