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To: okie01

Are you sure the windmills sell their electricity to the grid at wholesale prices? I would assume that they would get a premium rate since customers pay a premium to opt-in to wind/solar electricity.


10 posted on 03/28/2015 10:58:30 PM PDT by LogicDesigner (See my profile for a browser plug-in that shows politicians' money trail while you surf the web.)
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To: LogicDesigner
I'm not sure, but Texas isn't like California -- there are no mandated wholesale rate premiums for renewable energy. Electricity is treated as, I believe, electricity.

Green Mountain's retail customer is paying a premium rate, but is getting generic electricity off the grid -- for which Green Mountain is paying a wholesale price.

I don't think Green Mountain is realizing a premium price from the grid for its windmill-generated electricity.

11 posted on 03/28/2015 11:32:05 PM PDT by okie01
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