On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:46:36 -0700, wrote:

> http://www.csgnetwork.com/elecenergycalcs.html
> Using your $.45 rate and the calculator, gives a cost of $.70

That's a fantastic web site! Thanks.

I just looked up my "tiered" rate for Silicon Valley:
http://www.pge.com/myhome/myaccount/charges/
Tier1 = $0.13/kWh up to "baseline"
Tier2 = $0.15/kWh from there to 130% of baseline
Tier3 = $0.30/kWh from there to 200% of baseline
Tier4 = $0.34/kWh from there to infinity
So, it's 34 cents per kWh, not 45 cents (sorry) in California.

Plugging 34 cents per kWh (which is what I'm charged for half the
month) into that calculator, it costs me $0.27 per hour to bake
at 350F.

So, roughly, the cooking costs are 50 cents for that 2 pound corned
beef and cabbage she wants to make for Saint Patty's Day!

The good news is it's much less than I had thought it would be
(I thought it was in the dollars range). That makes buying a
cheaper cut of meat more of an economical alternative than I
had originally assumed.

Thanks for edifying me!