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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Texas and New Mexico are still installing tons of wind capacity. Their influence and money appear to be no good around these parts.
I don't think they ever stopped putting up wind turbines in and around Sweetwater, TX.
Another wind farm was built to the south of me, I cant even begin to count all the red flashing lights at night. However many there are, it numbers in the hundreds.
I saw the parts being trucked though town, judging by the blade size they were all at least 1.5MW capacity units.
Whatever the Koch brothers are doing to "wage war on electric vehicles" is nothing compared to what the Saudis are doing, continuing to pump oil even as the price of oil takes a nose dive.
Metering EV uses based on time of use would be good for everyone involved aside for EV owners who work funky long night shifts.
The power company could sell more power at night, less during the day, have more power available during the day to run peoples air conditioners, the EV owners who can charge during the night would save money. Sounds good to me.
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Time of use is not good from a consumer standpoint, especially from a consumer with some sort of grid-tied solar or wind setup. If TOU gets rammed down our throats, it will mark the beginning of the end for net metering bonuses and "free grid battery" practices... Here's a good analogy: If you are OK with the idea of electing an openly socialist president this year, time of use rules probably sound like a good idea also. Universal rates for everyone and such. The devil lies in the details, so to speak.
The truth behind the matter is that single-point power generation is in serious trouble in the USA. Nuclear power has been repeatedly crucified publicly, and coal and natural gas plants are being retrofitted in place as much as possible. 98% of proposed new power plant projects get murdered in their infancy behind closed doors, the other 2% are delayed so much that by the time construction plans are approved, the plans are either obsolete or illegal. The power generation industry is pretty much stuck with what they have in place. So far, no amount of PR or lobbying has changed this situation much for a decade or so. Rather than building their way to economic success, the powers that be are constantly trying (and having success) changing the rules and cost structures in their favor.