An Alternate to
Alternative
Energy
microE3,LLC
Copyrighted, 2013, microE3,LLC
Robert S Donaldson
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LEDs make sense
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Convert half of the 410,000 households in RI to LEDs
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Assume 40 Bulbs per Household ave.
Estimated Energy Usage per month is 1,000 kwh
LEDs will reduce consumption by 25%
Energy reduction for state per month is 51,250,00 kwh
Cost savings per month for Customers is $8,700,000
Cost of Bulbs @ $10 ea.
$82,000,000
Payback period
10 Months
Deep Water Wind increase cost per kwh
$.17
Consumer Cost increase for Alternative Energy
$8,712,500
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LEDs make sense
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Replace all the light bulbs in a Household to LED’s
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Assume 40 Bulbs per Household ave.
Average energy use per month is 1,000 kwh
LED’s will reduce consumption by 25% or 250 kwh/month
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This will reduce CO2 emissions by 205 Tons per month per
household
This will also reduce the electric bill by $42.50 per month per
household
Convert half of the 2,500,000 households in MA to LEDs
Energy reduction for state is 312,500,000 kwh per month
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This will reduce CO2 emissions by 256,250 Tons per month
This will also reduce electric bills by $53,125,000
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Emission and Energy Reductions resulting
from the use of LED’s in Households
Average consumption/emissions in US
1600
1400
Average consumptions/emissions
in Massachusetts & Rhode Island
1200
lbs co2
1000
With LED'a
800
KWh
600
With LED's
400
200
0
100
200
300
400
500
597
600
627
700
800
900
903
0
1000
Energy Consumption (kwh)
CO2 Emissions (LBs)
1800
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United States Census Bureau
State and County Quick Facts
State
Number of
Average Monthly Average Price
Customers Consumption (kWh) (cents/kWh)
Massachusetts 2,699,141
Average Monthly Bill
(Dollar and cents)
627
15
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Rhode Island
435,448
597
14
86
U.S. Total
126,832,343
903
12
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LEDs make sense
 Cost
of Bulbs @ $10 ea.
$500,000,000
 Payback period
10 Months
 Cape Wind increase cost per kwh $.14
 Cost increase for Alternative Energy
$43,750,000
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250
200
150
Status Quo
100
emission
Cost
50
0
one
house
Half the Category Category
State
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LEDs make sense
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For RI the savings per month are $8,700,000 vs
an increase in cost of 8,712,500 which is a
differential of $17,412,500 or $85 per
household per month.
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For MA the savings per month are $53,125,000
vs an increase in cost of $43,750,000 which is
a differential of $96,875,000 or $77.50 per
household per month.
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