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Kentucky
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| Kentucky has the lowest retail electricity prices in the
nation. The 2000 state average rate of $41.20/MWh was 39 percent below
the national average retail rate. Kentucky power rates are very low
because of high proportion of low cost coal generation and having no
nuclear exposure. Being located in the coalfields, the coal units had
delivered fuel costs of only $1.06/MMBtu or 15 percent below the national
average. In 2000, 97 percent of in-state utility generation was from
coal-fired stations, ranking it third only to West Virginia and Indiana
in coal market share. With its low retail power costs, Kentucky utility
deregulation activities are far behind most states. |
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