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• About half of the electricity used in the Keystone State comes from natural gas-fired power plants, so when natural gas prices go up, so do electric bills.
• Electricity from utility-scale solar is typically selling for between $15 and $30 per megawatt-hour (MWh), while electricity from gas and coal is now well over $60 per MWh.
• the fact that Pennsylvania is a substantial natural gas producer does not affect the price here, as the gas prices are set by the global market.
• electricity generated with solar and wind is often cheaper than electricity generated with natural gas or coal. Electricity from utility-scale solar is typically selling for between $15 and $30 per megawatt-hour (MWh), while electricity from gas and coal is now well over $60 per MWh.
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which Pennsylvania officially linked to on July 1. The RGGI is a cap-and-trade system across 12 Northeastern states that puts a price on carbon emitted by their electric power plants.
• For every $1 raised through RGGI and invested in energy efficiency or other programs in 2020, RGGI is producing $10 in energy bill savings.
• Prices in RGGI states have fallen 5.7% while prices increased 8.6% in the rest of the country.