Yes, including guys like this.... :)
Posted on 10/04/2019 7:14:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Gee, that sounds like a dumb question, right? After all, what Governor Jerry Brown did as one of his parting reminders is very clear. On September 10, 2018, he signed into law that power production by renewables be increased from the current 29.7% to 50% by 2026; 60% by 2030; and 100% by 2045. He could not be satisfied that his bullet train to nowhere was actually going nowhere and would cost $77 billion, so he had to come up with some other more radically dumb idea.
According to a November 2016 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, titled "Capital Cost Estimates for Utility Scale Electricity Generating Plants," the estimated capital cost for advanced combustion turbine (natural gas fuel), onshore wind, and solar plants are in USD$ per kilowatt, 678, 1,877, and 2,671, respectively. However, you need to apply a multiplier factor for California of 1.29, 1.12 and 1.11, respectively, for higher regional costs. After adjustments one would expect a 500 megawatt (mW) power plant installation to cost about in millions USD$ 339, 1,051, and 1,482, respectively. Apart from amortizing the capital cost, one has to include operations and maintenance costs and profit for an electric utility. Then there is the cost of transmitting the power through overhead transmission lines. As power is transmitted over power lines, there are losses of some of that power.
Solar (11.8%) and wind (6.2%) power account for approximately 63% of renewables. The balance is from geothermal (5.7%), small hydropower (3.1%), and biomass (2.8%). By the way, biomass capital cost ranges from $4,400 to $8,700 per kW, with a California regional multiplier factor of 1.08. This means that a 500 mW biomass power plant capital cost would range from million USD$ 2,376 to 4,700.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The author's new utility bill breakdown for potential charges are according to the following matrix:
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Winter Season (November through May) |
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Summer Season (June through October) |
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Super off Peak 12 AM to 6 AM |
Off Peak 12 AM to 6 AM |
On Peak 12 AM to 6 AM |
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Super off Peak 12 AM to 6 AM |
Off Peak 12 AM to 6 AM |
On Peak 12 AM to 6 AM |
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130% of Baseline Power Usage Threshold/kwh |
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130% of Baseline Power Usage Threshold/kwh |
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40 cents |
41 cents |
42 cents |
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33 cents |
40 cents |
62 cents |
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Baseline Power Usage/kwh |
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Baseline Power Usage/kwh |
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22 cents |
24 cents |
25 cents |
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16 cents |
21 cents |
43 cents |
4 bucks a gallon
For Regular Gas!
Solar produces more toxic byproduct than nuclear power per unit of power produced.
Their goal is to destroy the planet in the name of saving the planet.
.……….it’s my belief that God’s plan for the US is that California be used as a lesson to the other 49 states as to what will happen when Liberals take over complete control of government in any one state.
It’s plain to see and indisputable that when too many Liberal voters congregate in one state disaster for all will soon follow.
We’re to the point where we seriously should ban the Democratic Party NOT guns.
Nice article on the mechanics of the insanity but little talked about is how the rate structures for consumers are subsidized according to their income level.
Socialized billing structures that don’t appear as a tax Because in effect they are done through the utility company
Not to mention, PG&E is loading up bills with their losses from the huge fires.
I probably lost a solid $30K on a large pile of PCG pfd and common stock I inherited and stuff I had stored in my bro’s barn which burned to the ground.
And I get to pay much higher util charges as a result.
Plus a “regulatory” agency with a long and sickening record of corruption
I paid $3.99/gal yesterday in San Diego at discount station.
I paid $3.99/gal yesterday in San Diego at discount station.
I paid $3.99/gal yesterday in San Diego at discount station.
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I paid $4.25 up in the Bay Area this morning.
You are right — it’s like Obamacare where middle class people pay high premiums and have crappy deductibles to subsidize Medicare and lower middle class policies.
It’s a hidden tax/redistribution plan. But it’s perfect for socialists because they then blame insurance companies, not their own stupid law.
The renewable mandates work the same way. The utilities collect the tax in the form of higher energy costs and those are passed along to the socialists pet wind farm and solar farm companies.
And the socialists get to blame the utilities.
It’s a great deal. You get to tax and spend your little heart out, no one knows its a tax, and you get to blame someone else when folks don’t like the tax.
Gas Prices,,
$3.17 in Brookings, OR. $3.29 at the Smith River Indian Reservation. $4.35 in Crescent City.
It pays me to drive to Brookings to shop and go to church.
“The Matrix!”
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Code for,
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Pay Up Peons
Taxes.
Libs
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