Ohio Senate Energy & Public
Utilities Committee
Testimony of Michelle Bloodworth
January 28, 2020
Exhibits
1

 Exhibit 1. Coal Retirements Since 2010 (MW)

35,589

Announced Retirements
Retirements Through 2019

97,587

2,695

10,160
National
2

Ohio

 Exhibit 2. Ohio net electricity imports (% of power demand)
The state has gone from being a net exporter of power to importing
significant energy from neighboring states
21%
18%

18% 17%

15%
12%
7% 7%

9%

11%

4% 4%

-1%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

3

 Exhibit 3. Sources of coal used in Ohio power
generation (2018-19)

45.4%
32.2%

8.9%

WV

OH

PA

5.0%
IN

2.7%

1.0%

0.8%

0.5%

0.1%

IL

CO

KY

WY

MT

Source: EIA Form 923, data is through October 2019. 3.5% of deliveries had
unreported sources.
4

 Exhibit 4. Fraction of incremental power demand
met by generator type during Polar Vortex of 2018

63%

25%
12%
Coal

Oil

Other

Total across six affected ISOs: PJM, MISO, ERCOT, SPP, ISO New England, NYISO

5

 Exhibit 5. PJM Power and Gas Market Price Spikes During Polar Vortex of
2018
Daily electricity spot price, Dec. 28, 2017–Jan.8, 2018

Daily natural gas spot prices, Dec. 28, 2017–Jan. 8, 2018

$251

$96.07

$241

$212

$81

$28.89

1/8/2018

1/7/2018

1/6/2018

1/5/2018

1/4/2018

1/3/2018

1/2/2018

1/1/2018

12/30/2017

12/29/2017

12/28/2017

1/8/2018

1/5/2018

1/4/2018

1/3/2018

1/2/2018

12/29/2017

12/28/2017

Source: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).

6

$60

$19.45

$17.26

$15.05

$101

$88

12/31/2017

$46.53

$19.14

$152 $148
$148
$131

$/MWh

$/MMBtu

$168

 Exhibit 6. Levelized Cost of Electricity for New and
Existing Resources (National Average, $/MWh)

$90

$88
Imposed
Costs

$33

Existing
Nuclear

7

$36

$41

Existing NGCC Existing Coal

$50

New NGCC

$68

$66

New Solar

New Wind