Although I’ve seen some pretty interesting research that could get solar to the point of natural gas in 10 to 15 years.
“consumers fret that they will end up paying for the changes in the form of higher utility bills.”
Wow, ya think.
Unexpected. /sarc.
Except we get electricity from coal and nuke, primarily. Except where gas is cheap.
Dept of Energy has some really good reports on this stuff. Not politicized - straight data. This is just an example - typing then sleeping -
PS - if you have an accurate 10-15 year forecast - I’d love to see it. When it comes down - all depends on it yo uthink electricity production will cost $0.05, $0.10 or $0.15 KW/Hr in 15 years.
I like solar because no moving parts - so makes the long term maintenance $ easy to calculate - this for me kills wind. Solar is really a question of long term cost and amortization rates the panels don’t wear out. and no moving parts.
http://www.energy.gov/energysources/electricpower.htm