An analysis of the costs ratepayers would bear associated with adding infrastructure to Humboldt County to transmit energy generated by offshore wind found the average California household would pay about $1.68 per year more.The analysis, released this month by the Schatz Energy Research Center at Cal Poly Humboldt, found the average cost to ratepayers for building and maintaining the infrastructure would peak at $4.52 per year in 2035 and then decline over time.“You’re talking about a few dollars, or on average less than $2 per year for the average household,” said Tanner Etherton, economic analyst at Schatz.The full analysis, which was conducted by Etherton and Arne Jacobson of the Schatz Energy Research Center and the California Sea Grant Extension Program, can be found at tinyurl.com/maywkvxp.Read More
