That’s easy - pass a law that mandates how often the wind blows...
(/’tardthink)
Are liberals really this stupid? They're killing their reliable, efficient coal fired plant in "hopes" that these wind turbines will fill the void. Which they admit they won't, so now the state is in the "wish and hope" business to make up the difference.
If it is bitter cold in Michigan when they need some neighboring state to come to their rescue, have they even considered that it will be bitter cold in the neighboring states as well and they probably won't have excess energy to re-route to Michigan where they've cut off their collective noses to spite their face? And even if they do, they are not going to sell it to Michigan at discount rates.
This is similar to what happen in 2000-2001 in California. A drought, bureaucratic delays in approval of new power plants and market manipulation, decreased the electrical supply in the state. Capping of rates and reduced supply of electricity within the state, leads to much higher rates if the demand goes up, which it did dramatically in the summer of 2000.
Rolling blackouts reflected the inability of the state to deliver power to many business and homes. And the prices to buy the power from out of state increased wholesale rates 800%. Out of state providers filled the void for power at exorbitantly high prices (remember Enron?). Pacific Gas and Electric filed for bankruptcy and Southern California Edison almost did. It was a disaster for California and cost them $45 billion in the end.
The same thing is going to happen to Michigan if they don't get their heads out of the asses.
Maybe they can do ‘brownouts’ and destroy the major appliances of their customers.
And if that doesn’t work, they can do rolling blackouts... turn off people heat, AC, and water heaters.
Gads we can ride this all the way to taking back the House and more State Legislatures... Win Win...
It will kill off a lot more birds and create a lot of nonrecyclable fiberglass waste though.