PolicyGuy:

 

100 watts load = ~2.4kWh/day = ~72kWh/month (30 days)
$25 / 72 = 34.72cents/kWh

 

If you're paying 35+ cents / unit, I think you should strongly consider changing suppliers: https://www.powerswitch.org.nz/

 

I'm on a 'low usage' tariff -lower daily charge, higher unit cost - and I'm paying 30.15 cents/unit.
If I had Starlink, it would cost me $21.71/month before discounts, under $20 after discounts.
[I won't be getting Starlink, my UFF fibre to the home is extremely adequate for my needs :)]

 

I'm on a low usage rate too. That extra load represents more than 10% of the 8000KWh annual threshold to stay at the low usage rate. I'm concerned about creeping over the threshold, which would raise the power cost considerably.

I'm much less inclined to actually get Starlink after reading that article, especially since Vodafone recently reduced what they call peak time for RBI to just 5pm to midnight, and I was able to switch to a plan that is cheaper than Starlink beta with unlimited off-peak data and enough peak data for my purposes. With Starlink monthly cost looking to be more than I am now paying, and no longer feeling a data cap crunch, I don't see as much of a reason to sink the $1000 into hardware that may be unusable in a couple more years. The comparison with RBI looked more possibly in Starlink's favour when they first announced the NZ beta.