[Press Release] : Wind power flows into Columbia

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 6, 2007

CONTACT: Dan Dasho
Director of Water and Light
(573) 874-7325
-or-
Connie Kacprowicz
Public Information Specialist

Wind power flows into Columbia
				
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - Columbia started receiving wind power from
turbines near King City, Mo., on Sept. 5, 2007. Columbia is scheduled to
purchase one ninth of the electric output from the Bluegrass Ridge Wind
Farm from Associated Electric Cooperative. At the maximum output,
Columbia Water & Light could receive up to 6.3 megawatts. 
	The amount of wind energy Columbia will receive is variable,
depending on the amount of wind and transmission constraints. The wind
power contract is predicted to furnish roughly 22,000 megawatt hours to
Columbia, or approximately 2 percent of Columbia’s electric retail
sales. Columbia does not have guaranteed transmission of the wind energy
until February 2008. Currently, the utility is receiving the wind energy
under a non-guaranteed basis.
	In 2008, Columbia will surpass the 2 percent level of renewable
energy required by the renewable energy ordinance. Columbia Water and
Light has agreements for energy produced from wind and landfill gas.
With these three projects, the utility will accomplish the 2013 target
of 5 percent by the end of 2008. Total costs of each project will be
below the 3 percent threshold cost set by the ordinance.

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