Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Ohio Renewable Energy Costs - 2011

PUCO has issued their 2011 report on SB221. "Alternative Energy Portfolio
Standard Report ... Case No. 12-2668-EL-ACP".  The average cost for non-solar was $65/MWh for electric distribution utilities and $13.40 for electric service  companies. Since Ohio produced one percent of its electricity by renewables in 2011, the costs allocated to residential consumers using 1000 kWh/month were 65 cents and 13 cents respectively. To get the net cost, the cost of conventional generatio needs to be subtracted from these numbers and I don't yet have that information..