You still need a lake and some drop. The reason there is so much hydro out west is the government owned the land so there was not much resistance to making a Lake Mead or Lake Powell. You were not going to do that in Pennsylvania.
In Tennessee the government just bought/took the land very cheaply during the depression and WWII.
gregz wrote the following:
about 13.5 per kwh.
I'm paying 8.6 cents (July bill) in east Texas (non-deregulated area).
BTW, that's the actual rate (total bill / KWh) not the fantasy rate theytell you before they add fees.
Pgh PA payed:
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