"I love this chart, because it shows what offshore wind can do for the price of electricity." Those are the words of former UCS energy analyst Susan Muller, who studies the impacts of offshore wind on electricity costs. This chart, called a dispatch curve, demonstrates how renewable sources of energy, like offshore wind, can lower electricity prices by avoiding fuel costs.
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