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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 948751" data-attributes="member: 12952">Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest — built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits&nbsp; for every megawatt produced — are now getting paid to shut down as the&nbsp; federal agency charged with managing the region’s electricity grid says&nbsp; there’s an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year.The problem arose during the late spring and early summer last year. Rapid snow melt filled the Columbia River Basin. The water&nbsp; rushed through the 31 dams run by the Bonneville Power Administration, a&nbsp; federal agency based in Portland, Ore., allowing for peak hydropower&nbsp; generation. At the very same time, the wind howled, leading to maximum&nbsp; wind power production.“It’s the one system in the world where in real time, moment to moment,&nbsp; you have to produce as much energy as is being consumed,” BPA spokesman&nbsp; Doug Johnson said of the renewable energy.Wind companies will be handed up to $50 million per year to compensate them for half their lost revenue. That money comes out of your pocket. The other half will be made up with higher power bills. That too comes out of your pocket.By the way, the reason they can’t shut down the more productive hydroelectric plants instead is that environmental regulations forbid it, lest spilling excessive water over the dam result in too much oxygen in the water for the sacred salmon swimming around at the base.<a href="http://moonbattery.com/" target="_blank">Moonbattery</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 948751, member: 12952"] Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest — built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced — are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region’s electricity grid says there’s an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year. The problem arose during the late spring and early summer last year. Rapid snow melt filled the Columbia River Basin. The water rushed through the 31 dams run by the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency based in Portland, Ore., allowing for peak hydropower generation. At the very same time, the wind howled, leading to maximum wind power production. “It’s the one system in the world where in real time, moment to moment, you have to produce as much energy as is being consumed,” BPA spokesman Doug Johnson said of the renewable energy. Wind companies will be handed up to $50 million per year to compensate them for half their lost revenue. That money comes out of your pocket. The other half will be made up with higher power bills. That too comes out of your pocket. By the way, the reason they can’t shut down the more productive hydroelectric plants instead is that environmental regulations forbid it, lest spilling excessive water over the dam result in too much oxygen in the water for the sacred salmon swimming around at the base. [url=http://moonbattery.com/]Moonbattery[/url] [/QUOTE]

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