Despite vociferous objections from wind energy owners and their supporters, Bonneville took measures to reduce electricity generation on the Pacific Northwest power grid as runoff from a heavy snowpack and recent record-setting rains caused hydroelectric production to surge at a time of relatively low demand.
Thermal power plants on the system were throttled down to their lowest levels before the federal agency kicked wind turbines offline in the overnight hours of 18-20 May to keep the system in balance.
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