Bryce Smith

Money Moves

Leading the firm whose quarterly index is the most widely cited benchmark for US corporate renewable contract prices

For nearly a decade, wind and solar power kept getting cheaper. That streak has broken. As of the first quarter of 2026, the average US solar power purchase agreement costs $64.49 per megawatt-hour and the average wind contract costs $79.40 per megawatt-hour, both the highest figures LevelTen Energy has recorded since it began indexing the market in 2018. Wind prices are up roughly 24 percent year over year; solar prices are up more than 13 percent.

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