NOTE: The terms âleftâ and ârightâ define opposite ends of the political spectrum. In the United States, liberals are referred to as the left or left-wing and conservatives are referred to as the right or right-wing.
The average fuel cost at a nuclear power plant in 2014 was 0.76 cents / kWh. Because nuclear plants refuel every 18-24 months, they are not subject to fuel price volatility like natural gas and oil power plants.
The average price people in the U.S. pay for electricity is about 12 cents per kilowatt-hour.(Context: A typical U.S. household uses about 908 kWh a month of electricity.). Hawaiian household whose electricity use was around the national average would have a monthly electric bill over $300. The high cost of crude oil used to generate the state's electricity is driving the price, EIA energy economist Tyler Hodge told me. Idaho had the lowest price, at about 8 cents per kWh.