"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
22 December 2005A solid position, sort ofI've mentioned once or twice that buying off OG&E's wind farm was becoming cheaper than buying the regular gridstuff, largely because said regular gridstuff is obtained by burning natural gas, which costs more than a supermodel's body parts these days. OG&E, in a letter to its wind customers, is now acknowledging this fact, and notes that in its new rate schedule, the $2/100-kw wind price will be lowered by, um, a dollar ninety. This puts me ahead $11.40 a month before other changes to the rate schedule are figured in, or almost enough to cover what I'm losing on ONG's gas billing. Addendum: And I'm quite sure that OG&E is serious about this wind business; they've signed on to a deal to build a new 120-megawatt wind farm, which could be on line in a year. Posted at 8:21 PM to Family Joules , SoonerlandLowered BY $1.90 (to $0.10) or TO $1.90? Almost makes me wish Stillwater didn't provide its own electric (mostly hydro and some coal), or got in on the wind bandwagon... Posted by: Jennifer at 11:10 PM on 22 December 2005Lowered by $1.90, to 10 cents. I reread the paragraph twice to be sure. Posted by: CGHill at 6:23 AM on 23 December 2005Yes, they are serious about it. They are adding to the existing wind farm at Weatherford and down by Lawton. I was coming back to OKC one weekend when they were hauling some of the blades to the site. It was a very long process getting that tractor trailer turned left off the exit ramp out at Weatherford. There was a lot of backing up and pulling forward going on. Posted by: Tina at 10:02 AM on 23 December 2005 |