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Gregorian

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1. They want to ramp down those incentives faster than they should.

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2012, 01:26 PM

May 2012

This is a perfect example of corporate interest versus that of the people they serve. Corporations should die when the situation requires it. We are going to end up using renewable resources. Let's all get used to that fact.

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California Regulators stiff arm utilities on solar for the public [View all] kristopher May 2012 OP

They want to ramp down those incentives faster than they should. Gregorian May 2012 #1

They really aren't paying any incentives kristopher May 2012 #3

I'm not understanding one of the statements you made- Gregorian May 2012 #7

The average price they pay to standard providers is 35 cents kwh. kristopher May 2012 #8

Holy shit! This is news to me. Gregorian May 2012 #9

No one is subsidizing the utilities. It's in post 3 kristopher May 2012 #10

My parents are getting baseline for $0.045/kWh Gregorian May 2012 #11

'peaking power" is a subset of what goes into calculating your "baseline" kristopher May 2012 #12

The utilities have a real problem, you know? kristopher May 2012 #5

K&R, though I don't get how doubling something is "slashing" it. nt DCKit May 2012 #2

Yeah that wording is a bit poor. kristopher May 2012 #4

Doubles the number of eligible homes... NYC_SKP May 2012 #6