Thanks so much for this! Really interesting and as always beautifully visualized.
I am in Massachusetts and I sent this to my state rep, who is involved in energy policy. He raised a question about imports and exports. For example, this shows no nuclear power in Massachusetts since our one operating nuclear plant was shut down in 2019. But in fact we import nuclear power from a plant in New Hampshire. Is the data available good enough to show how imports and exports affect the mix of electricity generation sources that actually provide the power for each state? Thanks for any info / thoughts you have on that.
Thanks so much for this. One question and one suggestion:
- Is the carbon intensity data just straight CO2/g, rather than CO2e/g, which would normalize for the full global warming impacts of the gas-heavy grids?
- In addition to reporting retail electricity pricing, would it be possible to report the costs of generation on a state-by-state basis? This would help clarify the difference between electricity pricing that is high because the source of electricity is high (or rising, or falling) and electricity pricing that is high because utilities and state programs are adding non-generation charges that are being collected through retail utility bills (e.g., in California, the costs of wildfire prevention, low income subsidies, rooftop solar subsidies etc.)
Thanks so much for this. One question and one suggestion:
- Is the carbon intensity data just straight CO2/g, rather than CO2e/g, which would normalize for the full global warming impacts of the gas-heavy grids?
- In addition to reporting retail electricity pricing, would it be possible to report the costs of generation on a state-by-state basis? This would help clarify the difference between electricity pricing that is high because the source of electricity is high (or rising, or falling) and electricity pricing that is high because utilities and state programs are adding non-generation charges that are being collected through retail utility bills (e.g., in California, the costs of wildfire prevention, low income subsidies, rooftop solar subsidies etc.)
Coincidently, I was looking at some of this data the other day... Have you come across any data on the share of households (maybe industry, etc) on fixed price contracts versus variable price contracts? And if any are on spot price contracts (it seems variable price contracts in the US are often week day vs weekend or day vs night, etc). My ultimate interest would be to compare that with European countries (particularly Norway where electricity prices are a huge debate). This is probably a PhD project, but you never know if someone has already done it...
Yes thank you! This is the hope I need today. I'm in Chicago, and always extremely pleased to see us at nearly 70% low-carbon (largely due to nuclear in IL). Just gotta get our solar number up from 2% and we'll rule the world...
Thank you, Hannah — you always provide great resources!
Awesome research. Thanks for providing.
Thanks so much for this! Really interesting and as always beautifully visualized.
I am in Massachusetts and I sent this to my state rep, who is involved in energy policy. He raised a question about imports and exports. For example, this shows no nuclear power in Massachusetts since our one operating nuclear plant was shut down in 2019. But in fact we import nuclear power from a plant in New Hampshire. Is the data available good enough to show how imports and exports affect the mix of electricity generation sources that actually provide the power for each state? Thanks for any info / thoughts you have on that.
Thank you so much.
is it possible to have something similar for the EU or China? or ASEAN countries?
Fantastisch, sehr interessant und informativ
Thanks so much for this. One question and one suggestion:
- Is the carbon intensity data just straight CO2/g, rather than CO2e/g, which would normalize for the full global warming impacts of the gas-heavy grids?
- In addition to reporting retail electricity pricing, would it be possible to report the costs of generation on a state-by-state basis? This would help clarify the difference between electricity pricing that is high because the source of electricity is high (or rising, or falling) and electricity pricing that is high because utilities and state programs are adding non-generation charges that are being collected through retail utility bills (e.g., in California, the costs of wildfire prevention, low income subsidies, rooftop solar subsidies etc.)
This is fantastic Hannah! Thank you for providing this resource.
Thanks so much for this. One question and one suggestion:
- Is the carbon intensity data just straight CO2/g, rather than CO2e/g, which would normalize for the full global warming impacts of the gas-heavy grids?
- In addition to reporting retail electricity pricing, would it be possible to report the costs of generation on a state-by-state basis? This would help clarify the difference between electricity pricing that is high because the source of electricity is high (or rising, or falling) and electricity pricing that is high because utilities and state programs are adding non-generation charges that are being collected through retail utility bills (e.g., in California, the costs of wildfire prevention, low income subsidies, rooftop solar subsidies etc.)
Coincidently, I was looking at some of this data the other day... Have you come across any data on the share of households (maybe industry, etc) on fixed price contracts versus variable price contracts? And if any are on spot price contracts (it seems variable price contracts in the US are often week day vs weekend or day vs night, etc). My ultimate interest would be to compare that with European countries (particularly Norway where electricity prices are a huge debate). This is probably a PhD project, but you never know if someone has already done it...
Yes thank you! This is the hope I need today. I'm in Chicago, and always extremely pleased to see us at nearly 70% low-carbon (largely due to nuclear in IL). Just gotta get our solar number up from 2% and we'll rule the world...