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Inflection Point: When Heating with Gas Costs More

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Client: HEET

Authors: Joshua R. Castigliego, Sagal Alisalad, Tanya Stasio, and Liz Stanton, PhD

January 2021 (Updated March 2021)

On behalf of the HEET, Researcher Joshua Castigliego, Assistant Researcher Sagal Alisalad, Research Assistant Tanya Stasio, and Clinic Director and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD compared the annual energy cost of heating the average-sized home in Massachusetts using either a gas furnace or electric heat pumps. This analysis focuses exclusively on a home’s annual heating bill as it is the most relevant measure for Massachusetts households. Home heating bills influence fuel choice and put a disproportionate burden on low- and moderate-income families that spend a larger share of their income on energy bills. In this white paper, AEC finds that while today’s gas heating bills are less expensive than the electricity needed to run an air-source heat pump (ASHP), this relationship will reverse. Heating with ASHPs will become less expensive than heating with gas, with an inflection point occurring at some point between 2026 and 2030.

Link to White Paper Updated (3/19/2021)

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tags: Joshua-Castigliego, Sagal-Alisalad, Tanya-Stasio, Liz-Stanton
categories: Fuel Costs, Massachusetts
Wednesday 01.13.21
Posted by Liz Stanton
 

Testimony on Four Corners Coal Units in Arizona

Source: The Durango Herald

Source: The Durango Herald

Client: Sierra Club

Author: Tyler Comings

October 2020

(Updated: December 2020)

AEC Senior Researcher Tyler Comings filed testimony in Arizona on the economics of the Four Corners Units 4 and 5. Mr. Comings found that Arizona Public Service (APS) has repeatedly failed to justify continued investment in the units, and that the units should be retired sooner than currently planned. Mr. Comings analysis showed that there would be substantial savings to ratepayers if the units were to retire in 2023. 

Link to Testimony

Link to Surrebuttal (December 2020)

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tags: Tyler-Comings
categories: Fuel Costs, Coal Plants, Arizona
Thursday 10.08.20
Posted by Liz Stanton
 

Testimony on Evergy Missouri's Fuel Costs

Source: Kansas City Business Journal

Source: Kansas City Business Journal

Client: Sierra Club

Author: Tyler Comings

August 2020

AEC Senior Researcher Tyler Comings testified on the prudence of fuel costs of the Evergy Missouri coal fleet. Mr. Comings found that Evergy should commit its units on a market basis and that some fuel costs should be disallowed because they could have been avoided.

Link to Testimony

Link to Surrebuttal Testimony

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tags: Tyler-Comings
categories: Fuel Costs
Thursday 08.27.20
Posted by Liz Stanton