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Sun, 26 January 2020 16:53  |
fbhtxak
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Caution on the rate base impact from committing to "renewables"...
Ref. Georgetown, TX "experiment" with renewable energy
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/green-new-deal-preview-texas-town-environmen
talism-chuck-devore Similarly reported by other major news networks, WSJ,
Forbes, Fortune, etc.
Georgetown residents (I know some of them) are irate over the incremental
power costs they are incurring as a result of the "green" deal their
politicians made for them.
Fred Hudspeth
Fred Hudspeth
1978 Royale (TZE 368V101335) - Tyler, TX
1982 Airstream Excella (motorhome) - Cooper Landing, Alaska
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 13:16:07 -0500
From: Ken Henderson
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Electric Vehicles
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Georgia Power Co.
GA Power has GA all locked up for alternate power sources as shown here:
https://www.solarpowerrocks.com/2015-solar-power-state-rankings/#georgi
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They pay so little for excess that it's really not a worthwhile investment
for a home owner. There's been a law passed since then that supposedly
improves the situation, but apparently not very much.
My daughter & SIL recently bought a vacation home on Lake Oconee. The PO
was a survivalist and had spent a LOT of money on a solar installation: A
30'x90' (WAG) "pole barn" with only solar panels for a roof. 10kW, IIRC.
Then, he added another set of inverter/chargers and a BIG battery bank in
the garage for backup during power outages and to hopefully sell back to GA
Power. A total system cost, they were told, of about $60k -- several years
ago. The installer, of course, gave him very optimistic estimates of his
power bills. NOPE! Hardly any impact at all because of GA Power's lock on
the legislature.
My SIL is not very technically oriented, so I doubt the long term viability
of that investment (which they really didn't make; the whole place cost
didn't reflect that addition). I remind him continually that those
batteries need to be serviced frequently.
Ken H.
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