[Poundstone]

WTF?

[Oldexpat]

So Uncle Sugar will pay the start up and then the consumers will pay whatever it takes..and PG&E will get it added to their base rate. No matter what it costs.

[fight_truth_decay]

"as the government becomes a big factor in determining which cleantech startups succeed"

Clean Tech Forum 2009: Smart Grid Panel Speakers

Thomas E. Cain, Managing Partner, Sail Venture Partners
Wesley K. Clark, Chairman and CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates
Peter A. Darbee, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation
William Clay Ford, Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company
Jeff Ziarko, Legislative Assistant to Congressman Sander Levin... etc...