Jonathan Lesser’s newest article, “Wind Generation Patterns and the Economics of Wind Subsidies,” has been published in the January/February 2013 issue of The Electricity Journal.  You can obtain a copy here or, email him to request a copy.  The article builds on the wind intermittency report published by Continental Economics in October 2o12, and discusses why continued subsidization of wind generation, whether through the federal wind production tax credit or mandatory renewable portfolio standards, makes little economic sense, because wind power output varies inversely with electric demand.