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Old Posted Dec 13, 2011, 4:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverman View Post
I understood power is purchased at around $0.4 from the wind farms and sold to us at $0.06/kwh.

I drove by the Hwy 75 wind farm recently, the turbines were all spinning yet there was zero wind. I guess they were being used for phase synchronization. The Selkirk plant used to be used for that but I guess this makes for better political optics.
nope, the contract from the private companies is almost double what it is sold for....and they have to buy it no matter what.
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