Partners pull plug on planned Big Stone II power plant

Who said President Obama is not keeping his campaign promises??????

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2008/11/obama_promises_1.html

It is a crying shame that we are unable to build energy. Coal is VERY abundant in the US. The technology to clean the emissions from a coal power plant is mature. All I see is wind wind wind. You cannot build enough wind farms to power America.

But (I guess) you can charge each household more money by trying. My vote is to use proven reliable technology that produces very cheap energy.

Do you like your lights to come on every time you flip up the switch? I would bet you do, otherwise you wouldn't be able post drivel on these blogs without electricity for your computer.

Keep dreaming if you think wind energy is going to save us. Ever do any research on how much CO2 is emitted from ethanol plants? Probably not...

I have nothing against wind power, but to assume that it's a replacement for coal (or nuclear or hydro) energy is just plain idiotic and apparent that there is a lack of understanding of how the electric system works. After reading some of the previous comments it's apparent that people have become much too comfortable with the idea that the lights will come on every time they flip the switch and express excitement when future sources of cheap, dependendable electricity are derailed, but in all reality they are only shooting themselves in the foot.

I really hope the utilities here and across the country raise their rates just so people like you will wake up and learn the hard way what is going on, and voters will recognize what the regime currently holding power at the state and federal level is doing. Then maybe, just maybe, the voters, after noticing their increasing utility bills, won't be so eager to pull the polling booth lever for those who have a (D) behind their name......those candidates responsible for expensive, unreliable energy.

Don't forget that not only is YOUR utility bill increasing due to the fact that you don't support cheap, clean, dependable energy that Big Stone II would have provided, but the utility bill of the the local and regional business owner's where you spend your paycheck on a daily basis is increasing as well. If you think they are going to eat the extra cost of unreliable renewable energy you are misguided.

I truly believe the only way people are going to get this climate change garbage out of their heads is when it hits their pocketbooks in the form of higher rates. Hopefully they'll come out of this moronic trance they've been in before then, because higher utility bills are sure to come if they don't.

Actually, the loss is all Hutch Utilities'. They transfer over a million dollars a year to the City.

Speaking of Hutch Utilities....I would really like someone to answer how they come up with these surcharges...My Gas Meter Charge is $31.50 per month and my Electric Meter is $10 per month...That equals $498 dollars per year...How do you jusify that ? Are these meters really that expensive ? Did some consultant tell you to tack on these fees and hopefully nobody will ever notice. ?I thought my utility bill was high enough without them.