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Key factors driving up electricity costs:
Wildfires
Natural gas price volatility
Utility investments in aging, uneconomic coal plants
Transmission and distribution costs
Utility business models favoring big capital expenditures
Wildfires
Natural gas price volatility
Utility investments in aging, uneconomic coal plants
Transmission and distribution costs
Utility business models favoring big capital expenditures
A couple good resources on drivers of rising rates across the country:
Our piece @energyinnovation.bsky.social on drivers of rising electricity costs: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
Recent @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social overview of retail cost trends and drivers: emp.lbl.gov/publications...
Our piece @energyinnovation.bsky.social on drivers of rising electricity costs: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
Recent @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social overview of retail cost trends and drivers: emp.lbl.gov/publications...
Clean Energy Isn't Driving Power Price Spikes • Energy Innovation
New Energy Innovation research finds the biggest culprits behind rising utility bills include fossil fuels and the climate change impacts they cause, not clean energy.
energyinnovation.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Key factors driving up electricity costs:
Wildfires
Natural gas price volatility
Utility investments in aging, uneconomic coal plants
Transmission and distribution costs
Utility business models favoring big capital expenditures
Wildfires
Natural gas price volatility
Utility investments in aging, uneconomic coal plants
Transmission and distribution costs
Utility business models favoring big capital expenditures
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Always a good time to share this. How cheap does gasoline have to be before it's as cheap as an electric vehicle? #energysky
January 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Always a good time to share this. How cheap does gasoline have to be before it's as cheap as an electric vehicle? #energysky