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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3262575" data-attributes="member: 5412">PSO had to shut down a 500 MW coal burner because of Obama’s war on coal. It was an older plant but they couldn’t financially justify a retrofit to meet the new regs. The OCC required them to use wind to replace the plant, just like they did with OGE. When the wind doesn’t blow and your approaching peak load, you won’t run out of electricity.What happens is the power company has to go out on the grid and buy commercial power at somewhere around 1/3 more money than they are charging Ok residents. The additional costs are passed on to the consumer in your monthly bill and they don’t want to do that. So they offer incentives for people that conserve power during peak load times. That’s the beauty of the smart meters. They can monitor who is saving and who is wasting, giving those that conserve some financial breaks.  The power companies in Ok do have some unregulated power that is sold on the commercial market during times when they have excess generating capacity that keeps them profitable.</blockquote>