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CPUC commissioner proposes use of storage systems
Very Important Article about why Solar is such a threat to all US Utilities, especially SCE and SDG&E. Think of it as a Fiscal Energy War for Energy market share: *Disruptive Challenges: Financial Implications and Strategic Responses to a Changing Retail Electric Business* http://www.eei.org/ourissues/finance/Documents/...— June 10, 2013 3:38 p.m.
CPUC commissioner proposes use of storage systems
Tip of the hat to Carla Peterman for thinking differently! With San Onofre shut down, the CPUC should be raising the qualification bar for who can get money (already collected and setting in a CPUC account) to install energy retrofits which should include solar panels! Also the administration of these same programs should be fixed at no more than 10 to 15 % of the total amount of energy retrofits installed per year, so that they are no longer just additional fiefdoms for bureaucrats. Last year as much was spent on administration as was spent doing installations and that is unforgivable!— June 10, 2013 3:33 p.m.
CPUC commissioner proposes use of storage systems
Why Not Energy Freedom Instead of Ratepayer $lavery Ratepayers want low cost, SAFE energy and Solar is now ready to provide it. There are only three things standing in the way of FIXING our energy problem: Our powerful Utilities, who want to keep us in Energy Slavery, so that we will be forced to purchase our energy from them instead of producing it ourselves for FREE (after the initial payback). Our appointed regulators, who have a too cozy relationship with the very Utilities they regulate! They have been putting Utility shareholder profits ahead of following their sworn mandate and demanding that our "public" utilities provide energy to US at the lowest cost possible! Example: Why should Utilities be allowed to rip off residential solar panel owners by not reimburse them for the energy they add to the grid at the very same rate that the Utility pays itself when it adds energy to the grid? This would "level" the energy playing field and greatly reduce the payback periods of owning your own panels, which would make installing solar even a better deal! Our Political Leaders are beholden to the Powerful Utilities because of their large Utility donations and have been until recently hesitant to propose changes to "how the energy game is played" but now with a shrinking economy, the public resistance to ever higher energy costs and record Utility shareholder profits, energy is becoming a HOT political issue that Political Leaders cannot ignore any longer, if they want to stay in office or get elected.— June 10, 2013 3:27 p.m.
CPUC commissioner proposes use of storage systems
If the CPUC does not want to be replaced completely they need to start thinking outside the old traditional energy model; instead of everyone buying energy from the Utility we should all be producing enough of it for our own use and also some sell back into the grid. + CA will begin to install massive amounts of solar as soon as the CPUC tells the Utilities to pay home owners the same amount they pay themselves for energy generated (at the time it is generated), until then the Utilities will continue to rip off ratepayers and keep them in energy Slavery!— June 10, 2013 3:25 p.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
From the web: I'm counting on the NRC to complete all its investigations into what was going on at San Onofre and especially how SCE was able to build their 465 million dollar RSG without going through a CFR 50.59 process, which includes public hearings. Sweeping all the investigations "under the rug" will be a dis-service to both those that reported what was happening at San Onofre and to the NRC's role as a regulator to the nuclear industry! The NRC should be issuing fines and or other types of enforcement as well a re-thinking one of its core beliefs that only one SG tube can ever fail at any one time which San Onofre proved could happen!— June 10, 2013 10:46 a.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
Agreed, but I enjoyed the cover image, especially from the UT— June 10, 2013 10:45 a.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
Now southern California has yet another reason to install more rooftop solar, that way we can get more free Energy from the sun (after payback) and while also eliminating the need for RISKY nuclear... If SCE, SDG&E and the CPUC will not enable us to do that then they are guilty of using their status as a public Utility to act more like a Public Monopoly, which worries more about its shareholders than they do the ratepayers!— June 8, 2013 4:58 p.m.
Sheriff's helicopter "struck by laser"
Green Lasers are especially dangerous for helicopter pilots since they are more powerful than red lasers plus since most non military helicopters are not designed to be flown on autopilot unlike most modern airplanes should the pilots vision be damaged by the lasers intense light. Since the pilot is essentially always maintaining the helicopter in level flight, if the pilot loses his perspective of the horizon, it would in most cases lead to a crash, since the helicopter cannot fly itself...— June 8, 2013 4:50 p.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
Headline from the UT: SHUT DOWN http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun...— June 8, 2013 3:32 p.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
Ratepayers want low cost, SAFE energy and Solar is now ready to provide it. There are only three things standing in the way of FIXING our energy problem: Our powerful Utilities, who want to keep us in Energy Slavery, so that we will be forced to purchase our energy from them instead of producing it ourselves for FREE (after the initial payback). Our appointed regulators, who have a too cozy relationship with the very Utilities they regulate! They have been putting Utility shareholder profits ahead of following their sworn mandate and demanding that our "public" utilities provide energy to US at the lowest cost possible! Example: Why should Utilities be allowed to rip off residential solar panel owners by not reimburse them for the energy they add to the grid at the very same rate that the Utility pays itself when it adds energy to the grid? This would "level" the energy playing field and greatly reduce the payback periods of owning your own panels, which would make installing solar even a better deal! Our Political Leaders are beholden to the Powerful Utilities because of large Utility donations and have been until recently hesitant to propose changes to "how the energy game is played" but now with a shrinking economy, the public resistance to ever higher energy costs and record Utility shareholder profits, energy is becoming a HOT political issue that Political Leaders cannot ignore any longer, if they want to stay in office or get elected.— June 7, 2013 12:25 p.m.