Wind Producers Getting Paid to not Produce

[malakai2]

1. About that storage...

In this case the dam operators in Bonneville Power Administration's area of influence MUST release water in periods of flood. Where would there be sufficient storage for length periods of flood that require curtailment if pumped hydro is out of the question? Congress should probably step in here and remove production tax credit payments for periods of curtailment when wind generators' delivery obligations are already being met with essentially free energy from the dam operators. Watch this get worse as the windmills multiply and every curtailed turbine operator comes to ratepayers looking for a tax credit handout he feels he is owed simply for existing.