This means that more equipment is required to capture the same amount of energy. When a wind turbine is added to the interconnected electric transmission system, the need for these other generators diminishes. That is, when a wind turbine is producing power, a fossil fuel burning plant will be scaled back and burn less fossil fuel. Buying 600 kWh each month for a year is like taking one car off the road for a year. If you don't sign up you won't receive wind power.
Electricity naturally flows from the source of generation to the nearest user.
This means that southwestern Minnesota electric customers will probably receive the electrons from the wind turbine. But the impacts of the generation will reach you. Think of the interconnected electric transmission system used to transport electricity as a large pool. Electric generators put power into the pool at hundreds of locations across the Northern Plains and consumers take power from the pool at their homes and businesses. That means that when one generator is added, another needs to turn off.