When wind blows at night and the price of power drops to zero, it’s less money for coal and natural gas plants, thus reducing the incentive to build base load plants. It’s that simple. The incentives in place support building power-producers that rely on wind, which by definition are not base load.
The solution is to charge a fee to wind producers when they DON’T produce power. In this way, wind producers are incentivized to install batteries or solar power to offset lack of wind.
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Last edited: Jul 12, 2022