[ineedtosleep]

That doesn't seem right. Looked up the rates for San Mateo and San Francisco county rates[1] and they're both under $0.400/kWh. On the other hand my parents in San Diego are paying over $0.450/kWh with rates scheduled to go even higher in 2024.

[1] https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/RateComparison

[DeRock]

Those numbers are way out of date. See https://www.pge.com/content/dam/pge/docs/account/rate-plans/... for the latest

[throwaway2037]

Why is power so expensive in San Diego? Wiki tells me that most of San Diego is served by a separate utility (compared to SF bay area): San Diego Gas & Electric.

[hot_gril]

I don't know why, but both power and gasoline are even more expensive in San Diego than in the Bay Area or Los Angeles. My hunch is that SD is weirdly isolated from imports and hasn't kept up with very recent growth.