ATTACK ON WIND FACT-CHECKED

Koch groups try debunked wind attack for a fourth time

Michael Goggin, July 1, 2015 (Into The Wind)

“A new attack piece by a Koch front group, Institute for Energy Research, recycles their familiar attack playbook of starting with an inflated cost for wind energy and then mischaracterizing how the power system functions…Once the incorrect assumptions are corrected, this and other analyses clearly show that wind energy provides significant net benefits and is one of the lowest cost sources of electricity, particularly among low- and zero-emission energy sources…Much of the report regurgitates previous Koch-funded attack pieces…[It uses ] an old government estimate to claim that the cost of wind energy is $80.30/MWh, or 8 cents per kWh, while more recent market data indicates actual wind energy costs are less than half that amount. Specifically, market data indicate the actual average purchase price for wind energy was $25.59/MWh in 2013, or well under $50/MWh if the impact of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) on long-term wind purchase prices is removed…indicating that wind energy provides significant net benefits…” click here for more

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