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Energy Policy<br />

Economic Folly?<br />

‣ $0.03 / kWh coal<br />

‣ $0.12 / kWh wind<br />

‣ $0.16 / kWh solar<br />

‣ Who pays?<br />

Ethanol Subsidies? Electric Car Kickbacks?<br />

Solar Subsidies? Wind Mandates?<br />

Electricity Rates: Insull Was Right!<br />

Are we still on the right track??<br />

‣ Rapidly decreased in early days, as<br />

technology, markets, consolidation, and use<br />

advanced.<br />

‣ Continued downward, but more slowly until<br />

recently, and now rates are going up.<br />

‣ 1960: 14 c/kWh<br />

‣ 2005: 9 c/kWh<br />

‣ 2011: 12 c/kWh …inflation adjusted!<br />

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