Busbar cost in cents per kilowatt-hour in 2008 dollars:

Biogas:  8.552
Wind:   8.910
Gas Combined Cycle:    9.382
Geothermal:           10.182
Hydroelectric:           10.527
Coal Supercritical:           10.554
Coal Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC):           11.481
Solar thermal:          12.653
Nuclear: 15.316
Biomass:           16.485
Coal IGCC with Carbon Capture & Storage (IGCC with CCS):           17.317

Busbar means the price of the power leaving the plant. All capital, fuel, and operating costs are taken into account in busbar costs.

The spreadsheet containing these costs can be found at:
http://www.ethree.com/cpuc_ghg_model.html

Select GHG Calculator v2b (ZIP 5.7 MB)

This gives you an Excel spreadsheet in compressed format which should automatically uncompress after you download it.

On this spreadsheet, look for the tab on the bottom of the page that says "Gen Cost"

This opens a spreadsheet. Now look for "All-in Levelized Busbar Cost California." The results are in $/MWh but that's easy to convert to cents per kwh. For example, $85.52 per MWh is the same as 8.552 centrs per kwh

Mike Ewall
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