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To: Triffin who wrote (1100832)	11/20/2018 5:56:46 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584482

Now that’s fuzzy math... first of all the 76 cents per kWh is the price the energy was purchased at and energy rates tend to spike during peak loading. Coal is poor at handling peak loading as you can’t readily bring in new generation units to handle the spikes. Secondly, currently the cost of wind turbines is of the order of 7 cents per kWh. Thirdly, the cost of coal generation does not include the external damage to health and environment (global warming, heavy metals, ozone, particulates etc.). If these were factored in (like they did with tobacco), it would not be competitive. Coal like other poisonous chemicals - lead in paint, gasoline, DDT etc., needs to be banned. But now we have a pro-pollution scorched earth fake president...

To: Triffin who wrote (1100832)	11/20/2018 6:50:38 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By Land Shark Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584482

"The electricity produced from the two offshore turbines will receive 78 cents per kWh" Somebody got taken to the cleaners. August 2nd, 2018 The United States’ first large offshore wind farm, the 800 megawatt (MW) Vineyard Wind project, has scored pricing well below analyst expectations, starting at $74 per MW-hour (MWh) for the first phase of the project and an even more impressive $65/MWh for the project’s second phase.... The two phases will receive different pricing over their lifetimes. Phase 1 will produce power and renewable energy credits (REC) at 7.4 cents per kilowatt-hour (or $74/MWh), escalating at 2.5% per year over a 20-year period (thus topping out at $118.30/MWh). The second phase will provide clean energy and RECs beginning at $65/MWh with a similar 2.5% increase, making the 20-year average cost for the project $84.23/MWh. cleantechnica.com