> This looks like a decent article Their stats don't line up with the final cost to the consumer. Going by average LA energy costs http://www.bls.gov/ro9/cpil

> This looks like a decent article Their stats don't line up with the final cost to the consumer. Going by average LA energy costs http://www.bls.gov/ro9/cpilosa_energy.htm http://www.bls.gov/ro9/cpilosa_energy.htm 'Los Angeles area households paid an average of 20.3 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in July 2013, up from 19.3 cents per kWh in July 2012.' Whereas, according to the linked article, > 1 ton of coal costs $36 = $0.006 per KWH | 1 barrel of oil costs $70 = $0.05 per KWH | 1 cubic foot of gas $0.008 = $0.03 per KWH Which may well be true, to the people with the powerplants, - but consumers can take advantage of the price of solar much more directly. Assuming that we buy into their stats about the price of solar, (which I'm now a bit reluctant to do,) things look a bit happier; more like 1.7 times the price rather than twenty or thirty times.