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Some numbers I've compiled for the most recent periods of Ontario electricity consumption. IESO weekly reports run from Wednesday to Tuesday - presumably because the market opened on Wednesday May 1st, 2002. 1  The week beginning on the 20th Wednesday of 2017, May 17-23, 2017, is the first one where the average Hourly Ontario Energy Price (HOEP), weighted to the system operator's "Ontario Demand", was negative. On average, it cost money to give away electricity

On my twitter feed this morning: "I'd like to hear from @ ScottLuft on this. "This" involved something about the value of wind, and what could be done to contain it.   I've written a lot on this in the past, and won't do so again here except to explain the graph that accompanies this post - which explains what can be done to increase the value of the 20-year contracts Ontario's thug Premier claims will have ongoing value. It also explains why wind won't, in the near future, be part of a near-zero emission electricity system anywhere not blessed with large hydro reservoirs. The graphic shows: