An important proclamation was released from D.C. this week relating to wind turbines. On October 22, @realDonaldTrump formally concurred with the Commerce Secretary's Section 232 finding that imported wind turbines, components, and subcomponents are entering the United States under circumstances that “threaten to impair the national security.” The proclamation says Commerce found that U.S. wind energy is reliant on imported foreign components and subcomponents, and those imports have increased over the past decade. Additionally, turbines can create radar interference affecting air traffic control, weather forecasting, homeland security and national-defense missions. Most importantly, the proclamation touches on the intermittent nature of wind (and solar). It concludes that wind's intermittency "imposes burdens on the electrical grid and requires other generation to compensate for variability." Instead of immediately putting a new Section 232 tariff on turbines, Trump ordered the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative to negotiate with foreign trading partners to address the threat. They have to update him within 180 days. This is another attempt from D.C. to undercut the supply chains and financing for massive wind complexes. Remember... just because a developer holds an ORES permit... that does not mean they are not subject to financial and supply chain problems. In fact, most ORES developers have financial problems. That's why they are dissolved, acquired, file bankruptcy, or sell the permit every single time. And why do they have to do that? Wind and solar can't stand on their own in an open market in New York State. The power generated is so intermittent and pathetic that they can only exist with a disgusting amount of subsidies and credits funded from money skimmed off your electric bill (delivery charge and SBC charge collected through @NYSERDA). I will link to the proclamation below. Things are getting interesting!