In 2002, then Labor Premier, Mike Rann hitched South Australia’s wagon to wind power. 15 years later, his successors and former subjects get to reap what he sowed. A grid on the brink of collapse, routine load shedding and statewide blackouts have left South Australia an international laughing stock.
Its vapid Premier, Jay Weatherill occupies a delusional netherworld in which wind power can do no wrong. Among the lines spun about SA’s power pricing and supply calamity, is one which blames network costs for retail power prices which are now fully double those of neighbouring Victoria. However, its generation costs are soon to triple those of Victoria (see above) and as to the reasons why, see our post: Economic Train Wreck: Wind Power Obsession Triples Power Prices in South Australia
Political fudging and blame shifting aside, for thousands of businesses and families the consequences of SA’s attempt to run on…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Jan 24, 2017 @ 18:58:39
Alternative facts again. does this clown know it is gas why their costs are higher.
Nor were the blackouts the fault of wind as the Agency responsible showed.
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