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Levelized cost

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001167

The present value of the total cost of building and operating a generating plant over its economic life, converted to equal annual payments. Costs are levelized in real dollars (i.e., adjusted to remove the impact of inflation).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001167
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-001167",
  "term": "Levelized cost",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The present value of the total cost of building and operating a generating plant over its economic life, converted to equal annual payments. Costs are levelized in real dollars (i.e., adjusted to remove the impact of inflation).",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/levelized-cost/"
}

Record 1,167 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.