kootchman
Satsop? Yea… did you see how that happened? Better reread the WPPSS history on the bond defaults… government pretending it could run a business. Again. A true testament to government incompetence and malfeasance. Yea job,, those towers will get smelted in electric smelters…. produced by nuclear and fossil fuel fired plants. 20 years before ya go to the recycle yard is not green or sustainable. All those plants were cost plus contracts… I was the roof consultant.. we put three roofs on in 5 years… the same control building… why? NRC changed the roof deck specs to be “hardeneed” against mortar shells!!! Off came the steel decks, then concrete… then off again and more concrete with mire steel rebar… another change order. There were 23 house trailers with nothing but NRC change orders… all cost plus. Amazing… I sold the same roof three times! The gift that kept on giving… for contractors and material vendors. That’s why the government has to insure utilities against construction delays once permits are issued. (redback post 71 )
See” Same people, same mistakes …
Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest — built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced — are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region’s electricity grid says there’s an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year.
Bet one day of that subsidy would do some good at other places…. more squeezing of the old tax/ratepayer.
It ain’t ready for prime time…