[colechristensen]

>Looks like it's about 12 cents (in USD) more expensive on average per kwh in Germany than Cali

What is? Consumer energy prices?

Apples-to-apples consumer energy prices are difficult between the US and EU, Germany has historically had particularly high energy prices for various reasons, taxation is significantly different. Also they were a heavy importer of Russian gas and foolishly dismantled their entire nuclear generation capacity, so there are other reasons why their energy prices are high. The peaking energy costs caused by the Ukraine/Russia war have gone down.