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Best quote from this article... "in most areas, utilities are buying wind power because they want to, not because they have to."

U.S. Wind Power Accounted for 6% of Generation Capacity in 2012 U.S. wind power accounted for 6 percent of the nation’s total electricity generation capacity after developers rushed to finish projects before expiration of a subsidy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2012/08/08/u-s-wind-power-now-equals-11-nuke-plants-study/

U.S. wind power now equals 11 nuke plants: study Energy generated by wind turbines in the U.S. is now equivalent to that of 11 nuclear power plants, according to an industry study.

Every year for many decades now, the US Congress has given tens of billions in subsidies to oil, gas and coal companies. The energy playing field is incredibily slanted towards fossil fuels thanks to their lobbies, but now some brave companies are standing up to this. Please read this and then go out and support these brands!

Starbucks, Nike, Yahoo Tell Congress To Renew Key Wind Power Tax Credit - Forbes   Image by Getty Images AsiaPac via At any moment Congress will decide whether to extend the production tax credit (PTC), which gives wind power producers a 2.2 cent tax credit for every kilowatt hour of power they produce. Among those urging extension are some of America’s biggest bra...

An excellent Op-Ed in today's Hartford Courant about how to improve the Grid in one of the most expensive states in the country. Idea #1 more renewables. Idea #2 more distributed power. Count us in.

The Power Of A Grass-Roots Grid Now that Connecticut's electrical power has been fully restored, the typical governmental responses are kicking in: point fingers, hold hearings and propose changes to existing practices. And, as is also typical, the discussions will take place within a distinct silo of a single issue. In this case,...