xcel energy offering wind power option in more states.

Ryland · 06-27-09, 10:54 AM

When I bought my house 8 months ago my power company to tell them that I wanted to buy wind produced electricity from them, they informed me that they (xcel energy) did not offer that option in Wisconsin because they did not have enough production, they are required to produce a percentage of their electricity from renewables (10% I think) and if they have an offer like this to guarantee that 100% of what you are using is from renewables then their production has to be enough above that 10% number, when I called to ask about wind power 8 months ago I did ask if I could have it recorded that I requested the wind power option and it sounds like th,ey did that because with my last bill was an information sheet on buying wind power at an added cost of $1.15 per 100kwhs, basicly adding $0.0115 on to each of my KWH I use each month rounded up to the nearest 100kwh... but even at that it would only add around $60 per year to my total bill, about $5 per month, allowing me to put a "charged by the wind" sticker on my electric car, and the knolage that my electrical usage is being off set by wind turbines spinning some where in Minnesota.

06-27-09, 10:54 AM	#1
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	xcel energy offering wind power option in more states. When I bought my house 8 months ago my power company to tell them that I wanted to buy wind produced electricity from them, they informed me that they (xcel energy) did not offer that option in Wisconsin because they did not have enough production, they are required to produce a percentage of their electricity from renewables (10% I think) and if they have an offer like this to guarantee that 100% of what you are using is from renewables then their production has to be enough above that 10% number, when I called to ask about wind power 8 months ago I did ask if I could have it recorded that I requested the wind power option and it sounds like th,ey did that because with my last bill was an information sheet on buying wind power at an added cost of $1.15 per 100kwhs, basicly adding $0.0115 on to each of my KWH I use each month rounded up to the nearest 100kwh... but even at that it would only add around $60 per year to my total bill, about $5 per month, allowing me to put a "charged by the wind" sticker on my electric car, and the knolage that my electrical usage is being off set by wind turbines spinning some where in Minnesota.