Whether you pay the premium or not, the wind resources available will be used. You're just subsidizing the utility company. I'd want to examine their balance sheet closely before signing up for that. If you're in the United States (sorry I can't recall), your utility company is probably required to deliver a specific amount of renewable energy by a given date. Most utilities offer plans for customers to "purchase wind energy." In essence, they're passing the cost of compliance along to the consumers and protecting their profits.
On Aug 14, 2012, at 11:09 AM, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-08-14 5:03 Paul Stenquist wrote >>> i've fed my domestic electric habit with wind for about ten years >> >> I assume you're paying your electric utility a premium for wind power. That >> doesn't mean your getting power from wind. > > i thought i explained that clearly: > >>> granted it is not always wind in my wires, but it is done as offsets so >>> that when i use electricity that doesn't come from wind, someone else (who >>> doesn't pay the premium that i do) uses an equivalent portion of >>> wind-sourced current later > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
