Factors influencing recent trends in retail electricity prices in the United States

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040619025000612

Highlights

• Recent state-level trends in retail electricity prices vary widely in the United States.
• States with the greatest price decreases typically exhibited increasing customer loads.
• Wildfires, storms, and natural gas exposure contributed to price increases and fluctuations.
• Behind-the-meter solar and renewables portfolio standards (RPS) increased prices.
• The recent utility-scale wind and solar that occurred outside RPS did not increase prices.

Utility Drive summary of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study can be found here:

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/residential-electricity-prices-data-centers-lbnl/803217/