California Once Again Tops the U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index… But Falls a Penny Short of the Highest Electricity Prices in the Lower 48

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California Once Again Tops the U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index… But Falls a Penny Short of the Highest Electricity Prices in the Lower 48

Guest post by David Middleton

The featured image is a photo of a greenschist from the French Alps.

For some reason, the following article from EcoWatch and the NRDC made me think of something that sounds like greenschist:

Top 10 States Leading the Renewable Energy Revolution

By Ralph Cavanagh

California continues to lead the way on clean energy, but energy efficiency and renewables are gaining major ground across the country, a new ranking of states and cities shows. Six states now get at least a fifth of their power from non-hydro renewable sources such as wind and solar—further confirmation that regardless of the Trump administration’s efforts to promote fossil-fuel interests, clean energy is making undeniable inroads.

The Golden State and Massachusetts lead the eighth annual U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index from the research firm Clean Edge for a fifth year in a row, the latter bolstered by its strong record of energy efficiency and private investment in clean tech. Vermont, Oregon and New York round out the top five.

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EcoWatch

I just couldn’t resist comparing electricity prices to the “Clean Tech Leadership Index” (CTLI) and I was not disappointed. Six of the ten States with the most expensive electricity are in the CTLI top ten.

	CTLI	Rank	Residential ¢/kWh	Rank
Hawaii	55.5	10	29.04	1
Alaska	17.6		21.58	2
Connecticut	58.7	6	20.06	3
Massachusetts	77.8	2	19.84	4
New Hampshire	44.6		18.98	5
California	92.0	1	18.87	6
Rhode Island	51.3		18.01	7
Vermont	72.2	3	17.39	8
New York	63.6	5	17.02	9
Maine	45.5		15.92	10
New Jersey	44.7		15.57	11
Michigan	50.1		15.38	12
Wisconsin	34.5		14.51	13
Maryland	46.9		14.16	14
Pennsylvania	42.2		14.08	15
Delaware	43.3		13.86	16
Illinois	55.3		13.76	17
Kansas	16.9		13.3	18
Alabama	18.1		12.82	19
New Mexico	48.1		12.76	20
South Carolina	28.6		12.64	21
Minnesota	55.9	9	12.58	22
Ohio	35.0		12.35	23
Nevada	36.9		12.13	24
Indiana	24.6		11.99	25
Colorado	58.4	7	11.89	26
Florida	20.7		11.76	27
Arizona	32.8		11.73	28
Georgia	25.6		11.73	29
Iowa	36.1		11.65	30
Mississippi	12.1		11.53	31
West Virginia	14.5		11.52	32
Virginia	35.9		11.46	33
Texas	40.2		11.31	34
South Dakota	21.7		11.11	35
North Carolina	36.5		11	36
Wyoming	13.6		10.91	37
Utah	38.9		10.74	38
Montana	29.0		10.74	39
Tennessee	25.5		10.63	40
Oklahoma	21.8		10.54	41
Nebraska	17.0		10.52	42
Oregon	69.6	4	10.51	43
Kentucky	22.2		10.48	44
Missouri	28.6		10.43	45
Idaho	36.6		9.92	46
Arkansas	23.5		9.85	47
North Dakota	8.0		9.56	48
Louisiana	14.1		9.46	49
Washington	57.4	8	9.28	50

Oregon and Washington benefit from massive hydroelectric resources, while Hawaii and Alaska would have expensive electricity due to their remoteness. So, I cross-plotted electricity prices vs. CTLI for all 50 States and 46 States (deleting AK, HI, OR & WA).

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