CAMPUS POWERTapping local energy toward a sustainable future

CHEAPNESS

RESOURC-ISM

SILENCE

STORIES

$20 billion

Total Economic Impact

Locally Owned Renewable Energy

10-11% ROI

Utility Electricity Sales 1950-2040

Least Cost Energy

Meg

awat

ts

0

17,500

35,000

52,500

70,000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Installed Wind Power

Meg

awat

ts

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Installed Solar Power

0¢

3¢

6¢

9¢

12¢

2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

Residential (c/kWh)Commercial (c/kWh) Industrial (c/kWh) ¢ per kilowatt-hour

Rapidly Rising Average Retail Electricity Prices in Minnesota

$0.00

$0.05

$0.09

$0.14

$0.18

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

Average Solar Electricity CostAverage Solar Cost with Federal Tax CreditResidential Retail Electricity PriceCommercial Retail Electricity Price

Projected Average Cost of Solar in Minnesota

Solar Could Power Millions of Homes and Businesses

2012 2017 2022

38 million

21 million

3 million

...at a lower price than electricity from the utility

Within 10 years

Distributed Solar Potential at Parity with Utility Prices (megawatts of residential and commercial solar)

8500

590

750

30,000

16,000

7200

11,000

1800

990

360012,000

780

7000

8200

510011,000

190026,0002400

7300

5100

360

26001100

1200

800

14004800

1800

32,000

5000

580

970

2300

4100

4400

2900

7200

6800

2800

7100

11,000

11,000

550010,000

12,000

20

1140700

4000

Percent of Sales

1-5%5-10%10% or more

2022

If God had wanted us to live sustainably, she’d have given us brains

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ou