Project planners thought that wind customers would want all of their electricity to come from wind. Back to Article 12 The windmill is connected to the utility's 13.8 kVA distribution lines. The transmission charge avoided is approximately five mills per kWh, but the charge might have been higher due to the intermittent wind resource and lower capacity factor. As some participating customers move or cannot participate, other customers are added from the waiting list. Back to Article 14 Data presented in this paragraph and in Table 1 are based on annual bills converted to average monthly bills.
Average figures are the mean of all participants.
Back to Article 15 Consideration of taxes was not a factor worth mentioning for these businesses. Increasing electricity cost without increasing revenues will reduce gross profit and therefore the amount on which the business must pay taxes. While increasing electricity cost reduces the taxes owed, it also reduces net profit. However, if the business receives public recognition and generates additional business and revenue, the business may become more profitable. Only if a business were earning profits just over the threshold that put it into a higher tax bracket might an increase in cost offer the advantage of dropping it into a lower tax bracket.