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| Keywords: Levelized energy cost.jpg Cost of electricity by source No subsidies are included in the calculations The table was in a January 12 2010 U S Department of Energy DOE report <br> Total System Levelized Cost the rightmost column gives the dollar cost per megawatt-hour that must be charged over time in order to pay for the total cost Divide by 1000 to get the cost per kilowatt-hour The easy way to do that is to move the decimal place 3 places to the left <br><br> O M operation and maintenance <br> CC combined cycle <br> CCS carbon control and sequestration <br> PV photovoltaics GHG greenhouse gas <br><br> The table according to the DOE emphasis added provides the average national levelized costs for the generating technologies represented in the National Energy Modeling System NEMS as configured for the Annual Energy Outlook 2010 AEO2010 reference case Levelized costs represent the present value of the total cost of building and operating a generating plant over its financial life converted to equal annual payments and amortized over expected annual generation from an assumed duty cycle The key factors contributing to levelized costs include the cost of constructing the plant the time required to construct the plant the non-fuel costs of operating the plant the fuel costs the cost of financing and the utilization of the plant The availability of various incentives including state or federal tax credits can also impact these costs The values shown in the table do not incorporate any such incentives http //www eia doe gov/oiaf/aeo/electricity_generation html EIA 2016 Levelized Cost of New Generation Resources from the Annual Energy Outlook 2010 EIA U S Energy Information Administration of the U S Department of Energy 2010-01-12 PD-USGov Energy costs | ||||
