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by justshowpost 1802 days ago
There is Arizona's $5 of electricity and there is Hawaii's $5 of electricity...
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If you're building a seawater extraction plant in Arizona, the price of electricity is the least of your worries. (though admittedly Arizona has toyed with the idea of a desalination plant in the Sea of Cortez (so it'd be in Mexico), but they'd also have to build a power plant with it)

Likewise, if power is a significant part of your operating expenses, probably shouldn't run it in the state with the most expensive electrical costs.

Though my point was more that the actual power consumption in KWh isn't essential to know for figuring out if this process is viable, just a ball park price base on some average industrial power prices is good enough.