tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post8630127822591572532..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: You Better Be Good--to Your In-State CustomersMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-69101693656944714712010-12-27T19:39:26.874-05:002010-12-27T19:39:26.874-05:00How can Vermonter's not understand the cost of...How can Vermonter's not understand the cost of power??<br /><br />I would recommend a trip to ISONE to see the power grid and the inter-connections and what concerns they(ISONE) have about how to replace HYDROQUEBEC..if it was lost.<br />They would be amazed at the cost of spinning reserve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-84200762309715676952010-12-23T10:14:27.153-05:002010-12-23T10:14:27.153-05:00Steve. Thank you for the comments. Power wheeling...Steve. Thank you for the comments. Power wheeling within Canada is way beyond my knowledge! Good that we have you, blogging at Canadian Energy Issues!<br />http://canadianenergyissues.com/<br /><br />Mary. Thank you for the compliment about my writing! I appreciate it so much. I have been in a little glow today, from your comment, and from an old friend on Facebook sending me a message. He asked me to send him one of my short stories. He read it a long time ago, and he said he really liked it but he can't find it. However, <i>I</i> don't know which story he means! So the story (pun intended) continues....Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-32580432528853612732010-12-22T21:35:28.808-05:002010-12-22T21:35:28.808-05:00You write so well and clearly. Can the newspapers ...You write so well and clearly. Can the newspapers pick up you as a columnist for the untold story? Nice job. Mary Gerdt, citizen power consumer, not afraid of nuclear powerTravelogue for the Universehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127086480471321349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-22979414455213000452010-12-22T08:45:13.721-05:002010-12-22T08:45:13.721-05:00Meredith, interesting post. If the VPIRG guy is an...Meredith, interesting post. If the VPIRG guy is anti-nuclear, then his fight against Yankee won't stop Vermont from using nuclear power. HQ's biggest generator is Gentilly 2—a CANDU. That means anything it sells to Vermont includes a good portion of nuclear. Also, HQ will likely continue to wheel (mostly nuclear-generated) off-peak power from Ontario through to Vt.<br /><br />In fact, I have heard that Quebec has been doing the latter for the last few months. This in spite of having a brand-new gas-fired generator at its disposal. Apparently they can make more money by just reselling Ontario power than by generating their own with gas.<br /><br />Think about it—gas costs $4 per million Btu, i.e., it's still cheap. In spite of this, HQ can STILL make more money by reselling cheap Ontario nuclear power.<br /><br />This will last until the Ontario market price goes back up.<br /><br />Anybody who thinks gas is a better deal should watch what HQ does.Steve Aplinhttp://canadianenergyissues.com/noreply@blogger.com