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Two graphs show installed costs of utility and residential PV systems in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The utility costs have stayed relatively flat across all 4 years. The residential costs stayed flat from 2020 to 2022 and then declined in 2023.

NREL Tracks U.S. Solar PV and Energy Storage Costs in Annual Benchmarks

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