[ca1f]

It really is not. This is misinformation spread mostly by the right winged party in germany and conservatives to some extent to.

Electricity in Germany can look expensive at first sight if you're quoting legacy household tariffs that many existing customers are still on, because they never switch provider / tariff. But that's not representative of what people pay if they sign a new contract today: the market for new contracts is typically several cents/kWh cheaper than those old existing tariffs stuck at their higher prices.

So "Germany has the highest electricity prices" is at best an incomplete claim, it depends heavily on which tariff cohort you refer to (legacy vs new contracts, default supply vs competitive offers), and people on the internet somehow always fall for this, often picking the worst bucket to make a political point.

Sources: https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/energiemonitor-strompreis-gas...

Unfortunately it's in german but my point stands: for new customers in germany the price per kwh is even lower than what france pays on average.

[UltraSane]

Assuming that 23.4 cents is Euros then that is about 27 cents USD which is VERY expensive by US standards. Only 4 states are more expensive that that.

Hawaii 41.55 $200/mo

California 30.70 $155/mo

Connecticut 30.63 $192/mo

Rhode Island 28.12 $163/mo

Cheapest residential states for electricity

State Average Electricity Cost (¢) Average Monthly Bill

Idaho 11.71 $110/mo

North Dakota 11.79 $114/mo

Nebraska 12.09 $119/mo

Louisiana 12.29 $150/mo

Utah 12.59 $96/mo

[uecker]

One should also point out that the household price is determined by many factors and does not reflect cost of generation.

[quotemstr]

Your energy prices are so high that century-old factories are shutting down and your export sector is collapsing. Yet you guys keep a (presumably) straight face while insisting that the truth is the opposite of what anyone with eyeballs can see.

It'd be hilarious if it weren't so sad.