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jpak

(41,741 posts)
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 02:26 PM Apr 2012

Wind power stays aloft in renewable energy race (cheaper than new coal plants)

http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/wind_power_stays_aloft_in_rene.html

Michigan electricity providers are making good progress toward meeting the state’s 2015 renewable-energy mandate, mainly because of a sharp drop in wind-power generation costs, a recent state Public Service Commission report found.

The commission also says the cost of renewables is lower than the projected cost of producing electricity from a new coal-fired plant.

Spokesmen for DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, the state’s two largest electric utilities, wouldn’t comment on whether the utilities agreed with the commission’s cost comparisons.

“Wind is the cheapest resource to bring large amounts of renewable energy online,” said Julie Baldwin, manager of the commission’s renewable energy section. “It’s hard for other sources to be competitive.”

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Wind power stays aloft in renewable energy race (cheaper than new coal plants) (Original Post) jpak Apr 2012 OP
"electric utilities wouldn’t comment on whether the utilities agreed" kristopher Apr 2012 #1
As if it's any wonder when one of the companies is called "Consumers Energy"? DCKit Apr 2012 #2

kristopher

(29,798 posts)
1. "electric utilities wouldn’t comment on whether the utilities agreed"
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 02:53 PM
Apr 2012

Roflmao

I sense a definite change in the air...

 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
2. As if it's any wonder when one of the companies is called "Consumers Energy"?
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 03:41 PM
Apr 2012

It's the "Clear Skies", "Healthy Forests" and "No Child Left Behind" of corporate rebranding.

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