And now they seem to have something of an intermittancy problem as well.
From the U.S. Energy Information Administration (scroll down):
Data for August 2019 | Release date: October 24, 2019
| Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Transportation | All Sectors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Division and State |
August 2019 | August 2018 | August 2019 | August 2018 | August 2019 | August 2018 | August 2019 | August 2018 | August 2019 | August 2018 |
| New England | 20.77 | 20.19 | 15.91 | 16.14 | 12.61 | 13.02 | 8.40 | 8.18 | 17.57 | 17.40 |
| Connecticut | 21.29 | 21.27 | 16.73 | 16.39 | 13.41 | 13.78 | 12.14 | 10.13 | 18.55 | 18.36 |
| Maine | 17.90 | 16.91 | 12.38 | 12.17 | 8.90 | 9.24 | -- | -- | 13.88 | 13.26 |
| Massachusetts | 21.54 | 20.80 | 16.24 | 16.96 | 13.97 | 14.62 | 5.41 | 5.59 | 18.14 | 18.19 |
| New Hampshire | 19.47 | 19.32 | 15.55 | 15.25 | 12.76 | 13.04 | -- | -- | 16.80 | 16.57 |
| Rhode Island | 21.76 | 18.70 | 15.49 | 15.79 | 14.61 | 14.88 | 17.03 | 16.93 | 18.21 | 17.06 |
| Vermont | 16.68 | 17.96 | 15.77 | 15.06 | 10.92 | 10.65 | -- | -- | 14.96 | 15.09 |
| Middle Atlantic | 16.09 | 16.24 | 12.94 | 13.03 | 6.62 | 6.93 | 11.26 | 10.78 | 12.99 | 13.15 |
| New Jersey | 15.79 | 15.25 | 12.75 | 12.56 | 10.80 | 10.43 | 8.97 | 8.91 | 13.95 | 13.60 |
| New York | 18.39 | 19.02 | 15.22 | 15.50 | 5.69 | 6.08 | 12.54 | 11.54 | 15.43 | 15.73 |
| Pennsylvania | 13.83 | 13.95 | 8.49 | 8.81 | 6.38 | 6.71 | 6.33 | 7.51 | 9.83 | 10.06 |
| East North Central | 13.42 | 13.32 | 10.07 | 10.12 | 6.93 | 7.06 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 10.25 | 10.26 |
| Illinois | 12.51 | 12.52 | 8.85 | 9.14 | 6.53 | 6.78 | 6.67 | 6.66 | 9.46 | 9.72 |
| Indiana | 12.25 | 12.53 | 10.72 | 10.61 | 7.19 | 7.29 | 10.45 | 9.98 | 9.84 | 9.87 |
| Michigan | 16.53 | 15.40 | 11.46 | 10.92 | 7.44 | 6.91 | 8.22 | 10.82 | 12.13 | 11.39 |
| Ohio | 12.45 | 12.90 | 9.31 | 9.90 | 6.14 | 6.92 | 7.94 | 7.76 | 9.54 | 10.05 |
| Wisconsin | 14.80 | 13.99 | 11.15 | 10.75 | 8.07 | 7.62 | 14.09 | 14.31 | 11.20 | 10.74 |
| West North Central | 13.14 | 13.28 | 10.56 | 10.57 | 8.13 | 7.92 | 10.27 | 10.91 | 10.78 | 10.75 |
| Iowa | 14.73 | 14.18 | 12.21 | 11.37 | 8.59 | 8.14 | -- | -- | 11.29 | 10.73 |
| Kansas | 12.96 | 13.95 | 10.51 | 11.10 | 7.29 | 7.62 | -- | -- | 10.60 | 11.21 |
| Minnesota | 13.91 | 13.78 | 11.00 | 10.75 | 8.16 | 7.76 | 9.46 | 9.94 | 11.05 | 10.81 |
| Missouri | 12.71 | 12.92 | 10.29 | 10.44 | 7.63 | 7.72 | 11.10 | 11.96 | 11.05 | 11.15 |
| Nebraska | 11.83 | 11.98 | 9.44 | 9.36 | 8.10 | 8.21 | -- | -- | 9.78 | 9.75 |
| North Dakota | 12.06 | 11.80 | 9.47 | 9.62 | 8.55 | 7.96 | -- | -- | 9.53 | 9.35 |
| South Dakota | 12.72 | 12.62 | 10.03 | 10.09 | 8.28 | 8.16 | -- | -- | 10.57 | 10.55 |
| South Atlantic | 12.11 | 11.71 | 9.28 | 9.08 | 6.74 | 6.49 | 8.04 | 8.02 | 10.21 | 9.87 |
| Delaware | 12.24 | 12.21 | 8.98 | 9.35 | 7.30 | 7.96 | -- | -- | 10.30 | 10.34 |
| District of Columbia | 12.39 | 12.56 | 11.12 | 12.34 | 7.82 | 8.53 | 8.66 | 9.46 | 11.32 | 12.25 |
| Florida | 11.90 | 11.33 | 9.32 | 8.86 | 7.58 | 7.61 | 8.12 | 7.78 | 10.62 | 10.14 |
| Georgia | 12.38 | 12.60 | 9.97 | 9.89 | 7.10 | 6.38 | 8.29 | 6.36 | 10.52 | 10.33 |
| Maryland | 12.46 | 13.05 | 9.59 | 10.11 | 7.75 | 7.92 | 7.51 | 7.66 | 10.80 | 11.30 |
| North Carolina | 11.71 | 11.29 | 8.96 | 8.71 | 6.56 | 6.54 | 7.83 | 7.90 | 9.78 | 9.46 |
| South Carolina | 12.56 | 10.36 | 10.17 | 8.08 | 6.11 | 5.32 | -- | -- | 9.94 | 8.10 |
| Virginia | 12.36 | 12.27 | 8.10 | 8.38 | 6.81 | 6.94 | 8.62 | 8.03 | 9.63 | 9.76 |
| West Virginia | 11.56 | 11.40 | 8.74 | 8.99 | 5.99 | 6.46 | -- | -- | 8.51 | 8.70 |
| East South Central | 11.40 | 11.19 | 10.66 | 10.43 | 5.89 | 5.90 | -- | -- | 9.63 | 9.39 |
| Alabama | 12.83 | 12.32 | 11.68 | 11.19 | 6.35 | 6.26 | -- | -- | 10.35 | 9.91 |
| Kentucky | 10.62 | 10.60 | 9.70 | 9.50 | 5.34 | 5.45 | -- | -- | 8.58 | 8.44 |
| Mississippi | 11.22 | 10.84 | 10.34 | 9.99 | 5.97 | 6.18 | -- | -- | 9.39 | 9.21 |
| Tennessee | 10.80 | 10.85 | 10.65 | 10.61 | 5.79 | 5.73 | -- | -- | 9.87 | 9.73 |
| West South Central | 11.26 | 10.96 | 8.42 | 8.31 | 6.76 | 5.64 | 6.49 | 8.10 | 9.15 | 8.63 |
| Arkansas | 10.08 | 10.01 | 8.70 | 7.59 | 6.39 | 5.83 | 13.43 | 11.68 | 8.51 | 7.95 |
| Louisiana | 9.57 | 9.92 | 8.55 | 8.83 | 5.20 | 5.66 | 8.76 | 9.34 | 7.82 | 8.10 |
| Oklahoma | 10.61 | 10.87 | 8.38 | 8.60 | 5.24 | 5.50 | -- | -- | 8.43 | 8.66 |
| Texas | 11.80 | 11.27 | 8.37 | 8.24 | 7.51 | 5.62 | 6.32 | 8.01 | 9.61 | 8.82 |
| Mountain | 12.18 | 12.16 | 10.02 | 9.97 | 6.94 | 7.17 | 9.53 | 9.51 | 10.06 | 10.08 |
| Arizona | 12.52 | 12.83 | 10.89 | 11.18 | 7.05 | 7.66 | 10.43 | 11.29 | 11.21 | 11.52 |
| Colorado | 12.70 | 12.43 | 10.68 | 10.44 | 7.53 | 7.52 | 8.84 | 8.89 | 10.60 | 10.36 |
| Idaho | 10.18 | 10.48 | 7.80 | 8.14 | 6.65 | 7.17 | -- | -- | 7.99 | 8.40 |
| Montana | 11.91 | 11.29 | 10.55 | 9.87 | 5.35 | 6.29 | -- | -- | 9.14 | 9.07 |
| Nevada | 11.79 | 11.40 | 8.59 | 8.16 | 8.50 | 8.10 | 10.27 | 9.05 | 9.92 | 9.55 |
| New Mexico | 13.00 | 13.48 | 10.51 | 10.69 | 5.37 | 5.81 | -- | -- | 9.60 | 10.01 |
| Utah | 11.17 | 10.85 | 8.78 | 8.43 | 6.37 | 6.80 | 10.69 | 10.47 | 8.98 | 8.83 |
| Wyoming | 11.97 | 11.75 | 9.59 | 9.55 | 6.90 | 6.60 | -- | -- | 8.27 | 8.02 |
| Pacific Contiguous | 17.21 | 17.51 | 16.31 | 16.34 | 11.38 | 11.14 | 9.59 | 9.18 | 15.57 | 15.68 |
| California | 19.86 | 19.85 | 19.05 | 18.74 | 15.27 | 15.17 | 9.64 | 9.19 | 18.64 | 18.55 |
| Oregon | 11.18 | 11.12 | 8.72 | 9.43 | 6.37 | 5.74 | 9.13 | 8.98 | 8.95 | 8.86 |
| Washington | 10.06 | 9.93 | 8.70 | 8.62 | 5.43 | 5.20 | 9.36 | 8.70 | 8.19 | 8.00 |
| Pacific Noncontiguous | 28.57 | 28.92 | 24.94 | 24.94 | 22.88 | 24.01 | -- | -- | 25.33 | 25.81 |
| Alaska | 23.56 | 22.51 | 19.96 | 18.50 | 16.30 | 17.69 | -- | -- | 20.09 | 19.48 |
| Hawaii | 31.16 | 32.39 | 28.93 | 30.00 | 25.21 | 26.23 | -- | -- | 28.18 | 29.27 |
| U.S. Total | 13.30 | 13.26 | 11.00 | 11.03 | 7.44 | 7.25 | 9.71 | 9.50 | 11.10 | 11.01 |
| Table 5.6.A. Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, |
| by State, August 2019 and 2018 (Cents per Kilowatthour) |
....MORE
For a manufacturer like Intel (or data center operators like AMZN; GOOG; FB etc) there is no way they will ever build in Cali.
Previously on California Dreaming::
January 2019
"Intel to Invest $10.9 Billion in New Israeli Fab" (INTC)
Intel has publicly stated they will never again build a new factory in California. In fact, when they closed Santa Clara's D2 fab in 2008 it was painted as the last Intel manufacturing plant in Silicon Valley.August 2015
It was, in fact, the last Intel manufacturing facility in the entire state of California.
Though still headquartered in Santa Clara they do their manufacturing in Oregon and Arizona and now Israel....
The California "Energy Miracle" (not)
This is a subject we've explored a few times from slightly different angles.December 2007 (9 months before the financial crisis)
This study looks at electricity usage per person whereas our preferred measure was electricity usage per dollar of GDP generated. We also looked at total BTU's including natural gas and gasoline. More after the jump including one of the better songs about solar.
The California Miracle: Ain't
This is just a peek behind the curtain. As the truth that California's economy was based on ever-escalating real estate prices becomes clear, the myths of supremacy will be shown to be just that.
Just one example: it's easy to be energy efficient if you make your living swapping paper.
But that activity should not be confused with wealth creation, it's more of a greater fool or musical chairs type of game....
There's more but I don't remember the links offhand, use the search blog box if interested.
I do remember the song was by some guys who didn't seem to get out in the sun very much.
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Ramones:
https://youtu.be/1Z9iUdiS3hI
