Wind might have a big impact on our wallets

Barbara and I power our home with wind power. Per Steffy that makes us part of the green crowd and La-Z-Boy environmentalists.

Steffy argues that wind is costly and unreliable and should not make up such a big part of Texas' generation capacity.

He quotes ERCOT, the government entity the manages Texas' electrical grid, as using a cost of $48/MW-hr of wind generated power.

This compares with:
Solar: $180-$230 / MW-hr (per Texas Comptroller's office)
Nuclear/Coal/Renewable: $15-$60 / MW-hr (per Cato Institute)
Conventionally Generate Electricity: $5-$18 / MW-hr, most less than $10 (per Cnet)

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