tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210638.post6273942312199355937..comments2009-03-27T09:03:09.805-04:00Tom Noyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304960210838414244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210638.post-34339687142925452972008-01-24T00:02:00.000-05:002008-01-24T00:02:00.000-05:00Casual suggestion: You may want to edit your opening paragraph. Over first several reads based solely on the diction alone, even I thought you were dissing the $6.46 cost of wind power. I was asking myself how does the cost of gas affect the actual operating costs of Bluewater's wind farm? The way that would be true was if you were using the Bluewater/Connectiv combination scenario, pulling the data from one of the consultant's reports, and only then would the cost of gas prices affect the cost of what we pay for wind itself.<BR/><BR/>To be honest, it was not until your second installment that I fully understood you were talking about Delmarva's bid being based on declining natural gas prices, not Bluewater's. After that was clear, I reread your first post, and knowing what you meant to say, you did NOT make any mistakes; your diction was clear.<BR/><BR/>It was all me, but I just thought I would offer my take, in case it helps the cause.<BR/><BR/>Again I am probably the only person that got that surprising misperception, but nevertheless, I thought I would pass my thoughts on to you anyway.<BR/><BR/>So in other words, what I did not get until today:<BR/><BR/><B>The point of your argument is that wind power will NOT cost more, it will cost WAY LESS than going with Delmarva alone.......</B><BR/><BR/>The $6.46 is a pumped up fudged estimate offered by a consultant lowballing for Delmarva<BR/><BR/>(Since this comment does not need to be part of the record, feel free to delete it.)<BR/><BR/>Original:<BR/><BR/><I>The Public Service Commission (PSC) staff report projects that the wind farm would cost the average customer $6.46 a month. That's $6.46 compared to what? How is that figure calculated? </I><BR/><BR/>My Edit:<BR/><BR/><I>The Public Service Commission (PSC) staff report projects that the wind farm would cost the average customer $6.46 a month more (than Delmarva's estimate.) That's $6.46 compared to what? How was (Delmarva's) figure calculated?</I> <BR/><BR/>Again forgive my intrusion, but after sitting on it for a full day,the thought finally occurred to me that if I failed to say anything, you would never know.<BR/><BR/>Were our roles reversed, I would certainly be grateful of similar editorial feedback.kavipshttp://kavips.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com