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Feds say Idaho Power must buy wind power [as predicted, it's not just healthcare]
Northwest Cable News ^ | September 20, 2012 | unknown

Posted on 09/23/2012 11:11:31 AM PDT by matt1234

Edited on 09/23/2012 2:23:41 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

BOISE -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says Idaho Power's long-term purchase agreement with wind farms means that it must buy electricity from the farms even when demand for power is low.

The commission's decision, reached Thursday, is good news for Idaho wind farms but a loss for the state's largest utility.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: energy; ferc; id; idaho; wind; windpower
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To: BfloGuy

So far the judges have been ruling against blowing up anymore dams. The courts have even been ruling against the tribes killing the sea lions around the dams, that eat the salmon, saying that it was unconscionable for the Indians to kill the hungry sea lions just so the tribes could catch the salmon and sell them to hungry humans.


41 posted on 09/23/2012 4:13:07 PM PDT by Eva (Obama and Hillary lied, Americans died.)
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To: Eva

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42 posted on 09/23/2012 5:40:40 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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