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With thirsty cattle, drying stock ponds and bills from buying water and hay mounting, a rural water association serving about 80 farmers and ranchers bucked state curtailment orders meant to protect flows in the Shasta River.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Even when intermittency, curtailment, and storage are considered, wind comes out well ahead of fossil alternatives.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
Other reasons include grid manager ERCOT allowing new resources even if transmission constraints mean some waste, called curtailment, Rhodes said.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The legislation increases fines for violations of state water curtailment to as much as $10,000 per day, plus $2,500 for each acre-foot of water diverted.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Even when intermittency, curtailment, and storage are considered, wind comes out well ahead of fossil alternatives.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
Other reasons include grid manager ERCOT allowing new resources even if transmission constraints mean some waste, called curtailment, Rhodes said.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The legislation increases fines for violations of state water curtailment to as much as $10,000 per day, plus $2,500 for each acre-foot of water diverted.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailment. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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