Just last week, the average price of a gallon of unleaded gas in St. Louis was $3.20. By Monday, the average price for regular gasoline on the Missouri side of the St. Louis region reached $3.59 a gallon, according to AAAâs Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Thatâs up 28 cents from this time last year.
But, by 2016, Deutsche expects solar energy to reach price parity in all 50 states. For example, the cost of solar-generated electricity in the top 10 states for capacity ranges from 11-15 cents per kilowatt hour (c/kWh), compared to the retail electricity price of 11-37 c/kWh.
Based on these assumptions, the levelized cost of solar today â without any incentives â varies from around $0.19 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in Los Angeles to $0.29 per kWh in Seattle. For more discussion on the cost of solar, see the Appendix or for some context, see the Sensitivity Analysis.he levelized cost of solar is calculated with the following assumptions. First, we use an installed cost for residential solar power of $4.00 per Watt. This number may seem low, as the average cost of residential solar installations in mid-2011 was $6.40.