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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
So what increase gets passed on to the consumer in this model, rate payer increases or additional taxes? Also how do you deal with the possibility that they don't reach a certain amount of MW of delivery?
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It would be funded by the Carbon Tax similar to the NDP's REP, so little to no incremental cost to the ratepayer beyond what is currently in place. I get that the carbon tax piggy bank isn't bottomless, but this investment would be modest and has a built in revenue offset.
As for the bolded part, the variability of wind generation is a challenge. Possible solutions would be a modest amount of storage to act as a buffer, or in the worst case buying green power at night to provide the buffer.
This is an experiment to test the economics and prove the tech.