I'm not sure I understand some of your #'s, particularly the LCOE's given.
While I haven't done my own est. using your assumptions, if I understand correctly what you are saying, I'm not sure I'd come up with an LCOE of around $.025/kWh.
Running my system w/ SAM gives me a real LCOE of about $.194/kWh.
The NREL LCOE calculator with your data as input for 20 yrs. gives an LCOE of $.204/kWh using what may be a somewhat generous capacity factor of 18%.
I won't take a whole lot of issue with your annual bills or using constant usage except to comment that they're probably OK to use as long as you keep in mind that there are winter and summer rates, 4 climate zones, and basic and "all electric" rates which all in all allow for 16 different annual bills for a particular annual usage. And that's for tiered schedule only, not T.O.U.
While I haven't done my own est. using your assumptions, if I understand correctly what you are saying, I'm not sure I'd come up with an LCOE of around $.025/kWh.
Running my system w/ SAM gives me a real LCOE of about $.194/kWh.
The NREL LCOE calculator with your data as input for 20 yrs. gives an LCOE of $.204/kWh using what may be a somewhat generous capacity factor of 18%.
I won't take a whole lot of issue with your annual bills or using constant usage except to comment that they're probably OK to use as long as you keep in mind that there are winter and summer rates, 4 climate zones, and basic and "all electric" rates which all in all allow for 16 different annual bills for a particular annual usage. And that's for tiered schedule only, not T.O.U.
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