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[cdn-nucl-l] Fw: Wind energy marketing info
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denis Beller" <beller@lanl.gov>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ans-pie" <ans-pie@nuke-ans.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Wind energy marketing info
> I think you're only seeing part of the picture here. The commercial
> distributors, PG&E and SCE, are required to buy renewable energy directly
> from the generators, not through the ISO, but they are required to pay the
> maximum going price for that renewable electricity. When PG&E and SCE
went
> billions into the hole, they stopped paying their bills, so the renewables
> guys weren't getting paid by anybody for the electricity they were
> generating. That is why the small renewables generators shut their
systems
> down. Now that PG&E and SCE aren't paying their bills, they're trying to
> restructure the system so
>
> Denis
>
> At 05:21 PM 8/25/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Wind energy is not well integrated into the grid.
> >My understanding is (references below):
> >The California independent system operator (ISO) will
> >not include wind energy as part of his next day's
> >schedule, because it is so unreliable. For the hour
> >ahead spot market, the ISO will buy wind energy only
> >if his scheduled generation capacity falls below the
> >actual demand, and will not pay a time-of-day premium
> >because the wind energy producers will not agree to
> >pay a penalty if they cannot produce the power they
> >bid.
> >
> >So apparently wind energy is sold to the ISO per
> >whatever terms are in their contracts. Since wind
> >supplies <<1% then the ISO can absorb it.
> >
> >References:
> >http://www.caiso.com/docs/2001/06/18/2001061819005615458.pdf
> >
> >
> >Attachment 1:
> >http://www.caiso.com/docs/2001/06/18/2001061819012415508.pdf
> >
> >
> >Attachment 2: Proposed resolution from the Califronia
> >Wind Industry,
> >http://www.caiso.com/docs/2001/06/18/2001061819014415530.pdf
> >
> >
> >Attachment 3: Comparison of alternatives ,
> >http://www.caiso.com/docs/2001/06/18/2001061819021215566.pdf
> >
> >
> >John Hughes
> >
> >
> >
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