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Block Island,
. . . for 92 years, ran on electricity made from diesel generators,
. . . that were not equipped to manage and equate load, and generation,
. . . with the precision of mainland grid operators.

The result was:
. . . electric clocks that could not keep time, and
. . . appliances that wore out years ahead of schedule,
because of Block Island’s poor “quality” electricity, it
. . . directly impacts their:
. . . . . . Businesses,
. . . . . . Costs, and
. . . . . . Schedules.

May 1, 2017,
. . . Block Island began running on wind power,
. . . supplied by Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm, comprised of
. . . 5 large turbines that sit
. . . 3 miles off the island’s coast.

It was a historic moment for residents, and
. . . for Block Island Power Company,
. . . which officially shut down its diesel generators, and
. . . began receiving power from the turbines.

They were importing nearly
. . . 1 million gallons of diesel fuel every year,
. . . fuel cost alone, reached a height of
. . . $.35/kilowatt hour (kWh), that did not include
. . . transmission, and distribution charges.

The national residential average of
. . . $.13/kWh, VS about $. 60/kWh, on Block Island.

10-25-2017 Source:  #Wind VS Diesel