Lakeview purchased a share of a wind project and retained EES Consulting to perform an analysis of the financial impact of using its share of wind project to serve load versus re-marketing its share of the output to a 3rd party.  The analysis included estimating the potential pressure on Lakeview’s retail rates.

In addition, Lakeview requested that EES Consulting identify potential purchasers of its share of the wind project output, the value of its share of project output on the open market, and a timeline for these marketing activities.

The analysis determined the impact on average annual system costs of using project output to serve.  The availability and price of shaping services included in the analysis.  The possibility of using project output to meet only load growth was also explored.  The impact on annual costs of various levels of renewables required by Renewable Portfolio Standards was also considered.