profit percentage (profit divided by cost) = $50/$100 = 50% profit percentage. R.O.I. (return on investment) multiple = $50/$100 (profit divided by cost). If your revenue is the same as your cost, that doesn't equate to 100% return on investment, it equates to 0%. The result above or below 100% can be calculated as the percentage of return on investment.
1Cost for Electricity quoted at $05.794 per kWh (for first 600 kWh), then at $06.9 per kWh for up to 700 additional kWh, and cost of $08.254 per kWh for all electricity over 1300 kWh, quoted by Avista Utilities. Chart uses average of 700 kWh. 2Cost for Natural Gas quoted at $.85 per therm (at the meter) by Avista Utilities. 3Cost for No. 2 Heating Oil based on average cash price for minimum delivery of 150 gallons, (updated 10/10/2011). 4Cost for Liquid Propane based on cash price and minimum delivery of 120 gallons.
Residential electricity prices have risen from a national average of $0.0725 per kilowatt-hour at the start of 2001 to the aforementioned $0.1284 per kilowatt-hour in May 2014.awaii's electricity price of $0.37 per kilowatt-hour equates to a $334 monthly electricity bill for the average consumer, according to calculations based on EIA data.