To the Editor:
In response to the letter titled “Stop the Turbines” (8/9), let me be clear: The U.S. government is not paying wind farm developers a subsidy. Indeed, the offshore developers are paying the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the leases on the ocean sites that they purchased to develop. This is income, a benefit to taxpayers.
The operation and economics of the power grid are mind-bogglingly intricate. It is easy for the novice to misunderstand the technical and economic…
August 23, 2023
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