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Andy Fately's avatar

This is quite disheartening, once again there are no repercussions for those who fail in their efforts to sell their climate cult and fail in planning the costs. It seems appropriate regulatory legislation would be to not allow building until those financing costs are guaranteed.

Sarah Montalbano's avatar

Thank you for commenting, Andy! I agree — or at the very least, hold wind and solar to the same standards that oil and gas decommissioning must follow.

Steve Elliott's avatar

I'm in the UK. When a wind company decommissions a wind farm it removes all the towers but leaves all the concrete pads and roadways in place. This has also happened when they've upgraded a windfarm with bigger turbines. What they do is take down all the towers, leave all the concrete in place and then put down new concrete pads and roadways for the new turbines. I'm close to Mid Wales where it's lovely hills are seen to be a good place for windfarms. When we ask the companies why they don't remove the concrete they just say it's too expensive.

Sarah Montalbano's avatar

Yes!! I've seen it referred to as decommissioning in place. It is enormously expensive to remove them completely.

FREED0ML0VER's avatar

A performance bond to cover the cost of decommissioning could solve this. If the utility defaults, the bonding company is on the hook, not the taxpayers.

Kilovar 1959's avatar

I believe PJM was giving the Administration the fat middle fickle finger of fate award on that order.

Sarah Montalbano's avatar

Agreed. Curious your thoughts on it too!

Kilovar 1959's avatar

Politicians make terrible power system planners. There were elements of good ideas but too heavy handed.