Technology/Project | NPV benefits | NPV cost | NPV net benefit | Benefit cost ratio | Levelized cost of energy: electricity ($/kwh) |
Levelized cost of energy: heating oil ($/gal) |
Gallons fuel saved per year |
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Residential Energy Efficiency | $958,401 | $1,064,393 | $-105,992 | 0.9 | N/A | $3.44 | 21,425 |
Non-residential Energy Efficiency | $1,258,532 | $918,867 | $339,666 | 1.4 | $0.16 | $3.36 | 14,139 |
Water and Wastewater Efficiency | $185,578 | $204,399 | $-18,821 | 0.9 | $0.57 | $4.36 | 2,012 |
Wind Power (Modeled) | $406,992 | $3,907,142 | $-3,500,150 | 0.1 | $1.03 | N/A | 19,726 |
Solar Power | $41,006 | $266,632 | $-225,625 | 0.2 | $1.00 | N/A | 1,859 |
Hydropower: Chatham (Chatham Creek; 57.31', 134.57') | $-2,500,827 | $13,957,644 | $-16,458,472 | -0.2 | $3.62 | N/A | 11,541 |
Hydropower: Thayer Lake Hydropower Development (TLHD) Generation -- Thayer Creek | $4,625,479 | $14,597,771 | $-9,972,292 | 0.3 | $0.55 | N/A | 78,992 |
Transmission and Interties | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Diesel Efficiency | $659,411 | $3,180,608 | $-2,521,196 | 0.2 | $0.12 | N/A | 12,765 |
Biomass for Heat (Cordwood) | $204,044 | $395,365 | $-191,321 | 0.5 | N/A | $4.59 | 14,171 |
Biomass for Heat (Pellet) | $76,372 | $225,030 | $-148,659 | 0.3 | N/A | $4.28 | 15,588 |
Residential ASHP | $-824,941 | $2,510,740 | $-3,335,681 | -0.3 | N/A | $8.93 | 90,151 |
Non-Residential ASHP | $-177,383 | $315,745 | $-493,128 | -0.6 | N/A | $7.97 | 16,314 |
Cost effective projects have a benefit cost ratio greater than 1.0.