Solar power adds to nonusers’ costs
Booming rooftop solar installations in California are bringing an unwelcome surprise to the homes and businesses that don’t have the devices: an extra $1.3 billion added to their annual bills, more than half of that for Pacific Gas & Electric customers.
This brings up to issues related to municipalization of the City of Boulder’s efforts to municipalize their power generation:
- If Boulder municipalizes, they won’t be able to spread their higher costs outside their borders
- Yes, Solar power is expensive. Therefore, Boulder won’t be able to municipalize unless
- Traditional energy prices rise much higher
- They simply live inside their fantasy land and lie about how much their energy will cost
- They plan to get the State to subsidize them
I vote for options 2.2. Especially since the price of electricity only has to be equivalent of the Xcel price at the time of municipalization. I’m sure they can make that happen for a few months or so.
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Then there are environmental concerns with wind energy.
Feds playing favorites: Wind industry keeps getting a free pass on bird deaths
Now the Feds may be willing to let innocent birds die for generation of wind energy, but the Citizens of Boulder? I can’t imagine them sending innocent birds to slaughter.
