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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by tathougies on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:07PM (#20424014)
In my area, the energy is generated by another company for 0.02/kwh, but PG&E charges a 'transmission charge' for use of their lines that brings the per-kwh price to their generation price. Okay, you think that that's their right, and transmission does cost money. However, if you decide to use their generation (dirty of course), they conveniently 'waive' the transmission fee.

I spoke with my legislator about this and he told me (and I quote) 'the PG&E lobby is strong' before ignoring me.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by bluGill on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:30PM (#20424203)
Get your neighbors to all talk though and things will change.
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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by tathougies on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:42PM (#20424778)
Meh, I'm moving out of the area, but if I weren't, I certainly would. I have mentioned it to a lot of people at church though, and they seemed to not care. Apathy is unfortunately all too common.
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