OPPD customer raises concerns about utility’s spending to curtail wind energy

OPPD customer raises concerns about utility’s spending to curtail wind energy

In the last five years, OPPD paid wind energy suppliers more than $17 million in compensable curtailments, which means power wasn’t being generated at the time. Throwing money into a fire pit. That’s what one OPPD customer, David Begley, feels the power company is doing. “That’s a failure to me,” said Begley. “You can just get some 20 dollar bills, throw them in and you can burn 9 million bucks.” Here’s why Begley says that: According to a publi…