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 Let us now praise rooftop solar: A tale from New England

Frontier Group. ​ ​​"Because solar power and other forms of renewable energy supply electricity at near-zero marginal cost, they tend to reduce wholesale electricity prices for consumers. A 2020 study by Synapse Energy Economics estimated that distributed (behind-the-meter) solar reduced wholesale electricity costs by $1.1 billion between 2014 and 2019. Adding in the public health benefits of reduced power plant emissions and the reduced need for electricity generating capacity, they estimated that behind-the-meter solar delivered benefits ranging from 20.5 to 37 cents per kilowatt-hour In New England. That savings figure – which rivals retail electricity prices in the region – is an understatement, since it does not include savings from avoided investments in transmission and distribution infrastructure, to which Synapse did not assign a dollar value.​"

Source:  CT Green Energy News, Number 366 / March 15, 2024.  Brought to you by People's Action for Clean Energy (PACE).  For more  articles, click the Green Energy News From PACE link in the blue box to the left.

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Task Force Members

Name Title
Martin Podskoch Member (2024)
Vacancy One Member (2025)
Russ Kaplan Chair (2024)
David Price Member (2025)
Jonathan Searles Member (2025)
John Greeno Member (2025)
Austin Kelly Member (2024)