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Welcome to the 2008 SEL Seminar - CacheFly
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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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