Making electricity from a personal windmill is a good idea for several reasons. It’s a fact that electricity costs are rising steadily, which is a worry for many people. A solution to this problem lies in the use of small windmills. They’ve been with us for ages, and have been improved over time. More people have caught on to the power-generating efficiencies which lie in windmills these days, also. Combined with engineering discoveries, the need for a large windmill to generate power is almost non-existent.