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RECENT COST REDUCTIONS FOR WINDPOWER:
The
costs of wind power generally on a system are coming
down as the market grows, technology improves,
and we get more experience with what those costs
actually are. Unlike natural gas costs now hovering
at a level more than double what they were four
years ago, those wind costs will continue to come
down as we blend wind power from the less expensive
newer wind farms like that proposed for Judith
Gap, Montana with those from the older more expensive
wind farms like those on the Columbia River gorge
in Washington or the windfarm southwest of Cheynne
Wyoming. We can help drive those costs down by
simply putting more wind power online and creating
a market for wind power.
This has happened in the systems of
utilities around the country, some 600 of which
offer wind power to customers who want it at a
premium. Those premiums are not to be confused
with the ancillary costs of providing power to
everyone on a grid. The premiums are charges made
by utilities that do not have windpower in their
portfolio or for persons who want to purchase more
power than just the small percentage that is available
in the portfolio.
But even the premiums are being reduced.
For example, Windsource subscribers on the Xcel Energy Colorado system
currently pay $2.50 per 100 kWh block. However,
Windsource purchases are exempt from fuel costs
and air quality rate riders, resulting in a current
net price of about $1.33 per block. That
is, those who buy wind do not have to pay for increased
fuel costs or the costs of cleaning up coal plants.
The net premium is not based on the actual costs
associated with the program and the premium fluctuates
with changes in the fuel cost adjustment. Based
on current rate riders/exemptions the new net
premium will be $0.76 per 100 kWh block. Xcel Energy
is planning to change the way Windsource charges
appear on customer bills. Instead of the $2.50
Windsource line item and reversal of the
fuel cost and air quality charges, the bill would say
something like: net Windsource charge
= $0.76 per 100 kWh block.
Prior to March of 2004, more than 30,000 Xcel Energy customers
and I paid for all of part of our energy from wind
generation. The results of this effort have helped
to bring the cost of wind power down dramatically.
You can take advantage of that cost reduction and
join the effort to bring the cost of renewable
power down now. New World WindPower will help by
providing a place for you to sign up through this
web site.
