Electricity Prices Soaring In Top Wind Power States

Forbes ^ | Oct 17, 2014 | James Taylor

[Ray76]

Electricity prices are soaring in states generating the most wind power, U.S. Energy Information Administration data show. Although U.S. electricity prices rose less than 3 percent from 2008-2013, the 10 states with the highest percentage of wind power generation experienced average electricity price increases of more than 20 percent.

Iowa – 27% South Dakota – 26 Kansas – 19 Idaho – 16 Minnesota – 16 North Dakota – 16 Oklahoma – 15 Colorado – 14 Oregon – 12 Wyoming – 8

From 2008-2013 electricity prices rose an average of 20.7 percent in the top 10 wind power states, which is seven-fold higher than the national electricity price increase of merely 2.8 percent.

[abclily]

Man-made global warming hoax is the basis for eliminating coal from power generation. How stupid is that? How ignorant is that?

[Gay State Conservative]

A year or two ago I checked,just out of curiosity,HydroQuebec’s website (the power company of much of Quebec) to see their residential rates.IIRC,for a household that uses less than 800kWh/month the rate is 5 cents per kWh.

In summer I pay 25 cents...in winter it's a bit less.

[hal ogen]

Eco-nut FAIL.

[gunsequalfreedom]

What might a few of those factors be?

Not building any power plants in the last how many decades. Solar power replacing transmitted electricity.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

The more we explore outer space, the more obvious it is that our fuel is not ‘fossil.’ On the moons of Jupiter and Saturn there are vast oceans of hydrocarbons. Methane and others. I sincerely doubt that any Trex’s or grasslands were there. We have only drilled a small depth down into the Earth. We will never run out, but we will pay if the ‘de-growthers’ get there way. Especially as the next ice age developes.