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
Residential Energy Efficiency $2,942,378 $1,156,391 $1,785,986 2.5 N/A $2.97 26,919
Non-residential Energy Efficiency $1,327,318 $1,051,011 $276,307 1.3 $0.18 $2.02 26,931
Water and Wastewater Efficiency $562,062 $270,376 $291,686 2.1 $0.33 $3.21 3,625
Wind Power (Modeled) $162,441 $2,072,320 $-1,909,878 0.1 $1.63 N/A 6,626
Wind Power: Buckland/Deering/Noorvik Wind Farm Construction $837,366 $4,627,796 $-3,790,430 0.2 $1.01 N/A 22,636
Solar Power N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Hydropower: Buckland (Hunter Creek) $-7,289,109 $43,043,107 $-50,332,216 -0.2 $4.51 N/A 28,543
Transmission and Interties N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Diesel Efficiency $906,357 $3,074,212 $-2,167,856 0.3 $0.13 N/A 11,124
Biomass for Heat (Cordwood) $817,327 $790,730 $26,598 1.0 N/A $7.70 26,591
Biomass for Heat (Pellet) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Residential ASHP $1,038,231 $4,052,170 $-3,013,938 0.3 N/A $13.73 101,961
Non-Residential ASHP $218,528 $1,135,889 $-917,362 0.2 N/A $13.37 31,074

Cost effective projects have a benefit cost ratio greater than 1.0.