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In reply to the discussion: Deal reached for massive Calif. desalination plant [View all]MindPilot
(12,693 posts)21. It is crazy but they do that with the electrical rates
Here in San Diego, the electrical rate tiers are lower closer to the coast. Reasoning is that the climate is milder nearer the coast, so someone living at the beach will naturally use less energy than someone inland. Therefore, I start paying a higher rate at a lower usage level than someone who lives five miles east of me. Add that to the fact that the baseline level is so low I don't think it is actually possible to come in under it.
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Isn't it that the preliminary plant will go there and if it proves successful then
grantcart
Sep 2012
#36
Here is Southern California, we spend very little to heat our houses and buildings, so
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#31
Unless the law has been changed, all water in the State of California belongs to the State of
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#32
I think it's inevitable that desalination will become a major source of fresh water in SoCal...
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#4
Solar arrays are not yet an inexpensive way of producing power even on a commercial scale
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#13
There is plenty of need for Arizona's and California's solar energy in states to the North.
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#33