GLIN==> New Coal = $133; Renewables = $98.68, Energy Optimization = $13.25

The following are some insights from the Michigan Public Service
Commission's
<http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mpsc/Report_on_Implementation_of_PA_295_R
E_345746_7.pdf> Report on the Implementation of the P.A. 295 Renewable
Energy Standard and the Cost-Effectiveness of the Energy Standards published
February 15, 2011:

 

 

*                       MPSC Staff worked closely with electric providers to
determine the levelized cost of new coal to cost $133/MWh; the cost of
levelized renewable energy is $98.68; the cost of Energy Optimization is
$13.25/MWh

*                       The combined weighted average of cost of energy
optimization and renewable energy is $52.49/MWh

 

 

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