The small, local combined-heat-and-power stations and wind turbines do receive subsidies in order to survive in competition with the big power stations.
Not only is this activity funded privately, it also generates additional tax revenues to state, local and federal coffers instead of losing tax payer money on heavily subsidized solar and wind-energy projects.
These platforms are also increasingly capable of providing ancillary services to the local utility such as spinning reserve, load-following regulation, and intermittency management for wind and solar energy.
Mr Heaton-Harris' Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill would give local planning authorities the power to specify the minimum distance between turbines and homes.
So, in the near future, you might wind up headed to your local Wells Fargo or Chase or Bank of America branch to exchange these scrips for stone-cold cash.
There was concern over the proposed wind farm's impact on local panoramic views, and in particular the setting of the nearby Lyveden New Bield - a National Trust 17th Century lodge which has one of the finest surviving examples of an Elizabethan garden in the country.