The good news is that Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest are not likely to have heat-caused power problems this summer.
Probably.
The bad news?
...Performance of wind generators during periods of high electricity demand is a key factor in determining whether system operators need to employ operating mitigations, such as maximum-generation declarations and energy emergencies. MISO has over 30,300 MW of installed wind capacity; however, the historically-based on-peak capacity contribution is 5,488 MW....
IOW, the windmills only deliver about 1/6th of "capacity."
Would you buy a house that only has 1/6th the square footage you paid for?
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