In some states, where the electricity market has been deregulated, it is possible for the owner of a wInd project to sell electricity directly to customers. However, wInd developers usually sell their electricity to electric utilities, which sell the electricity to customers. T his is usually done by negotiatIng a power purchase agreement, which is a contract requirIng a utility to buy the electricity from a wInd farm at a certaIn price over a certaIn period of time. In some cases, an alternative arrangement is reached, In which the developer owns a share of the project long enough to make a specified amount of money. After this poInt, the ownership In the project “flips,” and the utility ends up ownIng the project.