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Originally Posted by JiggyMac
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"Excluding the cost of storage, TEP will buy the system’s output for 20 years for less than three cents per kilowatt hour – less than half as much as it agreed to pay under similar contracts in recent years."
WTF?!? You don't get to exclude storage costs. What does it cost a consumer to get solar power vs. fossil fuel power?
You're also talking about a brand new, top of the line plant in regards to expected future benefit. What are people paying now? Stop extrapolating.
It's much easier to find info on cost per watt than kwh, but kwh is more easily understood. If you want to track costs per watt and do some math, then go ahead. Prices have dropped tremendously and continue to fall. Prices are lower than the competition in many places now and that will continue. Prices, including storage, are falling fast and will continue and are already in some cases less expensive than conventional fuels.
It's just baffling that Republicans would oppose this, but it doesn't matter. It's happening whether you oppose it or not because of market conditions and that's why capacity is rapidly increasing. Perhaps the Trumpkins will slow us down, but there will still be tremendous growth in China, India, Europe...everywhere else. And they'll get jobs too.
Congratulations on your coal rolling.