a system and method for use in controlling a wind turbine &# 39 ; s power output by a wind turbine controller . the method includes determining a predicted wind speed for the wind turbine , determining a current wind turbine power output , and determining a predicted wind turbine power output utilizing the predicted wind speed . the method also includes comparing the current wind turbine power output to the predicted wind turbine power output and adjusting the wind turbine power output based on the comparison of the current wind turbine power output and the predicted wind turbine power output .