RE: U.S. states can reach grid parity by 2014, energy experts say
Another way of defining "grid parity" is that 1 KWH of power from a coal plant would cost you 31 cents - and thjat would be the same costs as from a wind farm, solar farm, wave farm, hydro etc. Right now most of those others (except hyrdo) cost anywhere from 4 to 15 times more than a coal plant - the difference is in subsidies paid to those firms to use those methods by state and Federal Governments. Oregon will pay out around $110 million per year (over 5 years) to get people to put up wind farms. Oh, and Oregon raised income taxes on a select group of people of $550 million due to budget shortfalls in this last year . . . funny how that worked out
