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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5306637" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>I've been a DRIP shareholder in a major electric utility since 1978 After 40 years of insufficient maintenance and investment the push is finally on for a modernization of the power grid both here and abroad as evidenced by last month's announcement by the European Power Commission of it's REPower UE initiative designed to do just that. Last year I sat in on a video conference by the head of the regional power grid that serves my area. He went on to point out that thanks to slow but steady upgrades to his grid, using modern transmission and storage equipment including storage battery technology new generation plants can be built where and and when according to the grids needs. In the fact over in the next county a private developer proposed to built a twin turbine gas fired power plant. One turbine would be connected to serve east while the other would send power up north. Well, the grid made a couple of things quite clear. It could see no need for the one turbine and whatever the case the developer would first have to find a way to knock 70 million dollars worth of costs out of the project in order to have even a slim chance of competing in the rate deregulated market the grid operates in.</p><p></p><p>The real pain for the small town nearby where the plant was to be built was all the rumors flying around that in keeping with the mindset of old power plants this one would employ 200-300 people. That was the case in the old days. That was then....this is now. How many people would this plant employ?.....14.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 5306637, member: 58386"] I've been a DRIP shareholder in a major electric utility since 1978 After 40 years of insufficient maintenance and investment the push is finally on for a modernization of the power grid both here and abroad as evidenced by last month's announcement by the European Power Commission of it's REPower UE initiative designed to do just that. Last year I sat in on a video conference by the head of the regional power grid that serves my area. He went on to point out that thanks to slow but steady upgrades to his grid, using modern transmission and storage equipment including storage battery technology new generation plants can be built where and and when according to the grids needs. In the fact over in the next county a private developer proposed to built a twin turbine gas fired power plant. One turbine would be connected to serve east while the other would send power up north. Well, the grid made a couple of things quite clear. It could see no need for the one turbine and whatever the case the developer would first have to find a way to knock 70 million dollars worth of costs out of the project in order to have even a slim chance of competing in the rate deregulated market the grid operates in. The real pain for the small town nearby where the plant was to be built was all the rumors flying around that in keeping with the mindset of old power plants this one would employ 200-300 people. That was the case in the old days. That was then....this is now. How many people would this plant employ?.....14. [/QUOTE]
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