Evolution of Infrastructure:





While 20 MW is a significant addition to EWEB Porfolio:

An important note about Seneca Biomass

Current Portfolio:





Forecast Loads:

About a 20% increase in average load from 2010 to 2030:



Long Term contracts designed to meet this load increase:



What do you notice here?





Hydro variability is a significant concern:



And has implications for the Future





Bottom Line: EWEB is not investing enough in wind. Their planning is clearly relying on increased conservation/efficiency as a replacement for investments in alternative energy.

And always be aware of Marketing vs actual Impact:

While this has excellent qualitative PR it remains quantitative JACK SHIT: 853 KW out of 350 MW average is 0.04% Very important, these numbers refer to solar "peak" power (when its sunny at noon). Averaged over the day, the incoming power is about 25% of peak so really, the average solar capacity is 853/4 or about 215 KW compared to the 350 MW of average EWEB power.

Ancillary Material:

The February 2014 "Strategic" Plan: