{"id":5274,"date":"2018-10-19T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T22:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westerngrid.net\/cost\/?page_id=5274"},"modified":"2019-04-19T18:14:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T18:14:26","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westerngrid.net\/cost\/home\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles and References"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is an increasing number of articles and studies that demonstrate, explain and substantiate the trend of lower prices for renewable energy resources. On this page, we have links to several of these articles. We will add resources as they become available. Some articles are behind paywalls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Record Low Prices for Clean Energy Resources: Recent Reference Cases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/renewable-energy-coal-natural-gas-a3828fd843cb\/\">Renewables \u2018have won the race\u2019 against coal and are starting to beat natural gas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Think Progress, March 29, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/majority-of-coal-plants-are-uneconomic-to-nearby-wind-solar-report-finds\/551187\/\">Majority of coal plants are uneconomic to nearby wind, solar, report finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Utility Dive, March 25, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2018\/06\/11\/new-ppa-in-arizona-locks-in-lowest-solar-prices-in-us-as-demise-of-navajo-station-looms\/\">New PPA In Arizona Locks in Lowest Solar Prices In US as Demise Of Navajo Station Looms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Clean Technica, June 11, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmi.org\/press-release\/western-electric-co-ops-increasingly-able-to-deliver-savings-by-integrating-renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Western Electric Co-ops Increasingly Able to Deliver Savings by Integrating Renewable Energy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Rocky Mountain Institute, August 23, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/the-shifting-winds-of-near-term-renewable-energy-demand-drivers\/521453\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Shifting Winds of Near-Term Renewable Energy Demand Drivers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Utility Dive, April 17, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/energy\/2018\/04\/04\/energy-costs-renewables-close-fossil-fuels-challenging-price\/485210002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Costs: Renewables Close in on Fossil Fuels, Challenging on Price<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>USA Today, April 4, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dominicdudley\/2018\/01\/13\/renewable-energy-cost-effective-fossil-fuels-2020\/#6880f1134ff2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Renewable Energy will be Consistently Cheaper than Fossil Fuels by 2020, Report Says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Forbes Magazine, January 13, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/record-low-solar-plus-storage-price-in-xcel-solicitation#gs.2nUjUNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xcel Attracts \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 Low Prices for Solar and Wind Paired with Storage <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>GreenTech Media, Jan 8, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lazard.com\/perspective\/levelized-cost-of-energy-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lazard\u2019s 2017 Forecast for Levelized Energy Costs: Actual 2018 Bids Dip Well Below Forecasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lazard 11<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Levelized Cost of Energy Forecast, November 2, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/how-can-tucson-electric-get-solar-storage-for-45kwh\/443715\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tucson Electric gets Solar + Storage for 4.5 cents\/kWh?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Utility Dive, May 30, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an increasing number of articles and studies that demonstrate, explain and substantiate the trend of lower prices for renewable energy resources. On this page, we have links to several of these articles. We will add resources as they become available. 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