The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) can reach 90% renewable energy while keeping US electricity rates stable, according to a study by Brattle Group.
From pv magazine USA
High shares of renewable generation could enable the grid operator Southwest Power Pool to serve its customers with no increase in inflation-adjusted costs per megawatt-hour of electricity through 2050, a Brattle Group study has found.
While the low costs of renewable generation are a key driver of that result, it is also due in part to projected high load growth through 2050 that will spread the costs of renewables…
