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Georgia, Alabama Customers Benefit from Wind by Wire
http://blog.ucsusa.org/georgia-alabama-customers-benefit-from-wind-by-wire-111[font face=Serif][font size=5]Georgia, Alabama Customers Benefit from Wind by Wire[/font]
April 25, 2013 | Mike Jacobs, senior energy analyst, Climate & Energy Program
[font size=3]Again this week, a coal-burning utility announced that a significant purchase of wind power will benefit ratepayers. This is the third contract to deliver over 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Oklahoma and Kansas wind farms to benefit the Southeast states. Alabama was first, now Georgia will see lower and more stable electricity prices through wind power purchases. Both utilities Georgia Power and Alabama Power report that the wind power contracts provide cost-savings for their customers.[/font]
[font size=4]So, can other Southeast states benefit as well?[/font]
[font size=3]Yes. This exciting change in energy supply choices for the Southeast comes after a series of fundamental policy decisions, and the resulting years of experience with renewable energy that followed. Wind power has become available at low prices around the world through market support of a U.S. federal production tax credit, Renewable Portfolio Standards in U.S states, and feed-in-tariffs in Europe.
In addition, the U.S. opened the transmission system to allow generators to compete with one another. The Georgia Power and Alabama Power deals both rely on the wind farm owners scheduling the needed transmission, and paying the owners of that existing transmission.
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April 25, 2013 | Mike Jacobs, senior energy analyst, Climate & Energy Program
[font size=3]Again this week, a coal-burning utility announced that a significant purchase of wind power will benefit ratepayers. This is the third contract to deliver over 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Oklahoma and Kansas wind farms to benefit the Southeast states. Alabama was first, now Georgia will see lower and more stable electricity prices through wind power purchases. Both utilities Georgia Power and Alabama Power report that the wind power contracts provide cost-savings for their customers.[/font]
[font size=4]So, can other Southeast states benefit as well?[/font]
[font size=3]Yes. This exciting change in energy supply choices for the Southeast comes after a series of fundamental policy decisions, and the resulting years of experience with renewable energy that followed. Wind power has become available at low prices around the world through market support of a U.S. federal production tax credit, Renewable Portfolio Standards in U.S states, and feed-in-tariffs in Europe.
In addition, the U.S. opened the transmission system to allow generators to compete with one another. The Georgia Power and Alabama Power deals both rely on the wind farm owners scheduling the needed transmission, and paying the owners of that existing transmission.
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