They force the power companies in WA State to buy wind energy, also, even though we have more than enough hydro-power to supply our energy needs. The reason is that the excess power all goes to California, where the voters don’t want any type of power plants in their own state.
I read a newspaper this summer, from San Luis Obispo, that ran article about the fact that the Marin County Sierra Club was refusing to endorse a long time supporter of the Sierra Club for re-election because he had supported the construction of a solar power plant in Marin County. Marin County has also scrapped plans for a de-salinization plant, saying that conservation is a better way to go.
This was an interesting article today about the utter impraticality of solar/wind/gerbal/squirrel power..
http://www.businessinsider.com/germanys-wind-power-chaos-2012-9
For whatever reason Idaho Power signed a long term contact with the wind power producers and now wants the terms of the contract changed due to various market conditions.
However, the purpose of a contract is to hold the parties to an agreement over a specific time period despite any market changes that make take place.
Idaho Power should have specified in their contract that their obligation to buy electricity from the wind power would change if demand decreased or if the cost of natural gas fell.
Re: “They force the power companies in WA State to buy wind energy, even though we have more than enough hydro-power.”
It’s even worse than that.
The Feds and local Greens are systematically tearing down our dams, which produce the cleanest and cheapest electricity in America.
Great news for salmon.
Not so great for consumers.
Heh. You won't when they blow up all the dams.