What ever Socialist wrote this nonsense is an idiot.
The government should get out of the energy business. The best way to insure that EVERYONE has competitive energy is competition.
At times of high demand, A/C demand especially in the summer months utilities will pay up to $5000 per MW for electricity over and above what they can make. If a person had 15 or 20 KW on their roof in PV’s they could make a little money selling back to the grid, but if the grid doesn’t want it the government shouldn’t interfere with it. If people want solar let them pay for it. If people believe in Global warming then let them pay for their solar and not worry about it.
I don’t believe in Global warming and don’t care if the grid buys my excess electricity or not. I have solar so when the power is out mine is not. (I have substantial battery backup) Right now in my Kentucky home I don’t have to use my battery backup unless we have a storm that takes the power out. The Electricity company DOES take my excess electricity and allows me to take it back whenever I want. So, in the daytime I give to them (when they need it the most) and at night time I take it from them when they have the most to spare. If the government would stop protecting monopolies so much and allow competition we would see wonders.
To think that I should have to pay more if I use less is lunacy. Currently I have to pay a minimum fee to be connected to the grid each month, you do too you just don’t know it because you use more than some minimum. This is to cover the cost of the wiring to my home and billing. So, whether or not I use any electricity I still have to pay them about $20. I do it, I could always just disconnect and save $240 a year but I like being tied to the grid, the grid likes getting my money.
People need to stop thinking of government solutions to everything, we just don’t need most of it.
“If people believe in Global warming then let them pay for their solar and not worry about it.”
Solar doesn’t work well in cloudy Cleveland.
They may wish to pay for nuclear, but nuclear takes time to build, especially with government permitting required.
“The Electricity company DOES take my excess electricity and allows me to take it back whenever I want. So, in the daytime I give to them (when they need it the most) and at night time I take it from them when they have the most to spare.”
It is going to be a cold night in Florida. FPL facilities will be running at full bore.
If Floridians want to live in warm houses in late January, FPL’s costs to provide enough electricity must be considered and compensated. The question is how much.
“The government should get out of the energy business.”
I can play tough with FPL and live in an unheated house if its rates are too high, but how about an 87-year old woman with significant dementia?