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In reply to the discussion: Deal reached for massive Calif. desalination plant [View all]MindPilot
(12,693 posts)28. But they don't, that is the problem.
I am in the "use less naturally" category. So I pay more for less.
Say my baseline is 125kwh per month at .08 per kwh. After that it steps up so the next tier is maybe 250kwh, I will pay .12 per kwh.
My neighbor a couple miles to the east gets to use 200kwh before she has to pay the higher rate.
Bottom line, the power company has manipulated the various rates to insure that at the lower levels--where conservation really happens--we all contribute about the same dollar amount regardless of consumption.
So the pricing system actually disincentivizes conservation.
ETA: those numbers are for example only; they are not actually from my bill.
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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