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<blockquote data-quote="sl1000794" data-source="post: 263281" data-attributes="member: 6974">There is not enough demand for all the energy that can be produced in ND, MT and WY with coal and wind to be used in this area.&nbsp; Not selling it elsewhere would just raise our rates because the power companies could not sell all of their potential power.&nbsp; It would be like telling our ND farmers and ranchers to only sell their products in ND so our flour, pasta and meat would be cheaper.&nbsp; Not happening, not enough buyers.&nbsp; The same thing applies to our oil.&nbsp; We should not build more refineries than we can use the refined product locally.&nbsp; We should not be shipping refined oil products to more metropolitan areas for sale.&nbsp; Ship the less volatile crude oil and let them refine it where it can be sold/used.&nbsp;In 1973 my brother worked for Bechtel Power and Light on the Point of Rocks power plant east of Rock Springs, WY.&nbsp; Their customers were Idaho Power and Light and Portland Power.&nbsp; Their customers put up the $$$ for building the plant and received all of the power from it.&nbsp; Wyoming got the jobs for building the plant and the jobs for 40+ years operating the plant and Idaho and Portland got electricity that they needed.&nbsp; A win/win for all around.Same for ND with it's power plants (coal and wind) selling electricity and for our farmers/ranchers selling grain and cattle.ps:&nbsp; I live in San Jose, CA in the winter and our electrical rate is 4x what I pay NCEC for power at Metigoshe.&nbsp; Believe me, NOBODY heats their garage in CA.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sl1000794, post: 263281, member: 6974"] There is not enough demand for all the energy that can be produced in ND, MT and WY with coal and wind to be used in this area. Not selling it elsewhere would just raise our rates because the power companies could not sell all of their potential power. It would be like telling our ND farmers and ranchers to only sell their products in ND so our flour, pasta and meat would be cheaper. Not happening, not enough buyers. The same thing applies to our oil. We should not build more refineries than we can use the refined product locally. We should not be shipping refined oil products to more metropolitan areas for sale. Ship the less volatile crude oil and let them refine it where it can be sold/used. In 1973 my brother worked for Bechtel Power and Light on the Point of Rocks power plant east of Rock Springs, WY. Their customers were Idaho Power and Light and Portland Power. Their customers put up the $$$ for building the plant and received all of the power from it. Wyoming got the jobs for building the plant and the jobs for 40+ years operating the plant and Idaho and Portland got electricity that they needed. A win/win for all around. Same for ND with it's power plants (coal and wind) selling electricity and for our farmers/ranchers selling grain and cattle. ps: I live in San Jose, CA in the winter and our electrical rate is 4x what I pay NCEC for power at Metigoshe. Believe me, NOBODY heats their garage in CA. [/QUOTE]

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