Beacon Power Corp. (fka BCONQ)

[Baghdad Bob]

This is where the rubber meets the road.

"The initial term of the lease will be 15 months, which, at NorthWestern Energy's option, can be extended up to two additional 12-month terms".

If they take the option then the return on investment is looking good. But until then...

"NorthWestern Energy can opt to purchase the 1 MW system outright for approximately $4 million".

... for above to pay off how many KWH needs to be saved in one year for this to be enticing to NorthWestern Energy?

http://www.northwesternenergy.com/display.aspx?Page=Electric_Distribution&Item=16

Now I doubt this system protects all of the 1216 MW, So it would be nice to know how much is, so we can guesstimate.

Also this looks like NorthWestern doesn't produce any electric themselves, so this has to pencil out between wholesale and retail.

More info please. Meantime sit back and wait.