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I have always been an ardent fan of solar power, ever since that balsa wood solar powered toy boat I built in elementary school. Free, unlimited and clean power would change the world if and when it can made practical.<\/strong><\/p>\n As I was preparing for a series of lectures on Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for the City College of New York’s MPA program<\/a>, I was happy to come across a CBA for increasing the use of solar power<\/a> in my home State of New York. At least until I saw the bottom line: the costs of increasing the use of solar in New York to 5,000 megawatts by 2025 exceeds the benefits by $2 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In spite of the net loss, and due to big uncertainties, the study concludes that the state should devise a “policy response and investment strategy that is both flexible and responsive”<\/strong> (to future path of technology and cost). Is this a contradiction?<\/p>\n The magnitude and range of this cost uncertainty ($300 million \u2013 $9 billion) is substantial, and strongly suggests the need for a policy response and investment strategy that is both flexible and responsive. –New York Solar Study, p6.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The biggest uncertainties were the actual cost of solar (they used values between $1.4 and $4.3 million per megawatt in their sensitivity analysis) and whether the federal government would continue subsidizing solar power.<\/p>\n I had trouble accepting this cautious conclusion. A closer read of the report suggests its reasoning is a bit foggy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I wonder about the political and organizational context in which this report was drafted and whether this could explain the odd structure and conclusions.<\/strong> Why were key benefits excluded? Why were no alternatives presented? Why were the results slanted negatively? Perhaps the report was the product of a committee, with typical compromises and inconsistencies.<\/p>\n Regardless, my humble opinion of the data presented is that New York ought to build on its leadership in clean energy with an aggressive (yes, and flexible) solar power policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have always been an ardent fan of solar power, ever since that balsa wood solar powered toy boat I built in elementary school. Free, unlimited and clean power would change the world if and when it can made practical. As I was preparing for a series of lectures on Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2],"tags":[53,60,58,59],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n