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01-06-2015, 09:34 AM | #1 |
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Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War to Stop You From Putting Solar Panels on Your Home
A new rooftop solar system is installed every three minutes in the U.S., up from one every 80 minutes just eight short years ago. If this pace continues to accelerate or even just holds steady, it will not be long before solar panels become visible, if not ubiquitous, in many neighborhoods nationwide. That prospect is enough to upset the Koch brothers, the heirs of the Walmart fortune and the utility industry, all which are trying to stamp out the rooftop solar movement or at least make a tidy profit penalizing the people who use it. With the help of powerful lobbyists and PACs like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and Americans for Prosperity, they are set to do battle in statehouses across the nation in 2015. Continued Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War to Stop You From Putting Solar Panels on Your Home | Alternet
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every walmart on the planet is covered with solar panels
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The Kochs, like oil, are old, dirty, and on their way out.
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They say they want to charge a $100/month surcharge, which I don't really see an issue with. At the moment the panels feed the grid and any excess that they collect is sold off to the utility company and they have to maintain the grid. The alternative for a homeowner is some way to store the energy they collect, which as I understand is quite expensive.
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What is good for them is not always in their best interest for you to do.
This is a very "real" issue in FL, thanks to both Koch suckers and the utilities lobby. Also special thinks for the worst govenor in this state's history Rick Scott. He recently did away with all tax break incentive for installing solar, making FL the only state in the union to actually go backwards on solar usage. They have also used the courts to "force" people to stay connected to the grid by removing the certificate of occupancy for house whom are not connected to the electric grid. FL is one of the state's that would most benefit from solar but the state govt is busy trying to shut it down on behalf of the utilities lobbies and the Koch suckers.. If you don't think this is an issue, you are greatly mistaken. |
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Mandatory minimum of electricity use? Monthly fee even if you do not use that electricity? If not - you stay connected but do not use it, you use your solar instead. Plus it is not too bad to have backup if you have issues with solar. |
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Have Koch brothers ever done anything good? The world will be a better place when they croak.
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I don't have a lot against them as far as their business goes. If anything they should be looked up to for the things they have accomplished granted often at the cost of other but still their businesses empire is pretty damn massive. However I do have issue with their political activities and their environmental carelessness that has cost people lives and many health implications. Their political activities are pure shit though so that trashes everything else.. |
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Also one of the things they are trying to pull is limit permits for adding new solar. They make you tie it to the grid, then turn around and claim its a hazard having the house return electric to the grid. Obviously total bullshit, but that's so called "freedom" in a Republican run state. |
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I am asking - can you be on the grid but use ZERO of that electricity and only use your own solar. By zero I mean as if you are not home (in the eyes of electric company). |
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They charge you a minimum usage, meaning you are still paying for using nothing.
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Unless you have your own means of storage ie. A battery bank, I don't see how it's possible. When you are generating too much you are feeding it back to the grid. At night and on overcast days when demand outstrips supply you are, in essence buying their power. Using the power company as a battery comes at a cost.
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Power grids are old technology, the future will be localized power sources. We aren't there yet but it will happen. It's possible now, but not ready for mainsteam, but those who choose to be early birds, shouldn't be forced to stay grid tied and laws shouldn't stop the progression into the future. |
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When it was FPL I used to get $30 and $40 dollar electric bills with the high being $60 to 70 when I lived in Daytona. Now that Duke has taken over much of the state and since Rick Scott has been govoner the prices keep going higher and higher because they are in his pocket and he signs off on the rate increases. |
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That is genuine rip off. Is that FL or US thing? I mean that you must pay so much (like $70) even if you are not using any electricity that month. Is there some states where you would pay $0 for the month you did not use any electricity?
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Out of my last $120 bill about $49 was to distribution and transmission. So we can figure that 40% roughly goes to actually fucking with it. So if I am going to give them $50 a month in energy they can charge me $20 for the privilege and pay me $30. But here is the thing. Do they also do that to their own suppliers? As in are they charging the closest Dam that sold them $100,000,000 in electricity last year $40,000,000 for the privilege? I think not! So if they don't want my energy, fuck em. Put solar on all houses and privatize the transmission and distribution.
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Duke energy is the one that was fucking up North Carolina and they let them into FL to further fuck this state up. The best ass fucking they have given to date, was getting the state govt to allow them to charge extra for a future nuke power plant ( yea the state let them charge customers for a proposed power plant) then they canceled the power plant and the state let them keep everyone's money. This is the type shit that happens in Republican run states.. They cry on the news day in and out about freedom and this and that, but in the end they are just fucking the people. This is why I always criticize Republicans.. |
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Just in the last year it has been crazy. With my old AC last year it was 170 in summer. This year double that. Even put in a new AC so it was not running 24/7 but didn't do much. Rick Scott is a crook. He spends 20 million to get a job paying 1/50 of that. He is making his investment back by changing laws that will help him or just flat out getting paid to do so.
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Yeah, that was my point. Many people do not even burn 1000 kw per month... And they charge that as a minimum even if you burn 0 kw. This is plain thievery. If it was 100 kw per month then you may get some understanding.
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When I think about it more, it is really hard to believe that they charge you minimum of 1000 kw. I mean that is more than what people use, it would be a revolution if someone did that in almost any country. Unbelievable. Can somebody confirm that? OP being anti repub might twist something
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I'm pretty sure crockett meant 1 kw. 1000 kw = 1 megawatt = would light up a stadium. or 2.
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Anyway I tried googling and nothing like that came up (if it was true there would be tons of angry articles about this alleged thievery). Would be funny to see if he was lying or completely misinformed in order to BLINDLY bash repubs |
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Granted both Christe and Jeb Bush were 100 times better for this state than Rick Scott has been. However I suspect the aforementioned just voted "Republican" and not for Rick Scott, because no one could be so dumb or blind to willingly vote for that asshat as badly as he has fucked this state in his first term. |
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Edit.. I just looked it up, it was actually for two power plants and they scored 3.2 billion in customers money, which the state allowed them to keep. |
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Well hells bells.. The Tea Party in Florida is actually trying to do something useful..
The tea party is pushing for solar power in Florida - The Washington Post A tea party leader and a conservative state lawmaker are behind a petition to make solar panels more profitable in Florida, reports Ivan Penn of the Tampa Bay Times. The group is collecting signatures to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would allow residents to sell electricity generated from the sun directly to their neighbors, tenants and friends, instead of giving the utilities a cut. For conservatives, solar power is a chance to put an end to state-regulated monopolies in electricity and create an opportunity for investment for every homeowner. I'm amazed they are going against their beloved Tea Party lover Rick Scott.. I'm sure Duke & Scott will squash it, but who knows I'll be signing it.. |
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