Posted on 02/13/2009 12:21:34 PM PST by calcowgirl
I suspect that if areas outside LA and San Deigo get this additional power, then that would probably free up other power for the LA and San Diego areas.
RFK jr and Tamminen are on their way to raking in the big bucks as a result of Arnie’s “green” mandates.
These folks make me sick.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115780/posts
CA: Startup with link to governor pushes for plant OK (BrightSource)
See the link above:
“The Associated Press reported earlier this month that a Schwarzenegger relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and his former environmental secretary, Terry Tamminen, are part of a private investment group that could score a lucrative payoff if regulators approve the BrightSource complex.”
How come they never tell us how much it is actually going to cost to set up and run these “miracle energy supply plants”? I would bet my bottom dollar it won’t be cost effective - that is, unless they charge the consumer an arm and a leg for their “product”.
Wonderful.
Well, first you get the land free — loaned from the BLM. Then you have federal and state government invest in “infrastructure” on your behalf. Perhaps call it “stimulus” or “investment” and say that it “creates jobs.”
See? It’s easy if you have the right people controlling the law and a big purse of taxpayer dollars.
is this the one where the Enviroweenies won’t let them build the transmission lines needed to actually bring the electricity into San Diego and LA where it is needed?
But at a huge cost. In Canada, Ontario Power Generation signed a contract with a solar plant where they pay seven times the retail rate for 20 years- I suspect that the pricing of this deal is similar.
I don’t remember that related to this SCE arrangement.
I seem to remember something like that published about a San Diego Gas & Electric’s “Sunrise Powerlink” project.
I think Brightsource has also been trying to strike deals with SDG&E, though, so it all may be the same thing.
Hope the endangered desert tortoises enjoy the shade below those mirrors!
If so, I would oppose the deal.
As I understand it, the profitability of these plants is very suspect. That confounds me, but if it’s true, not a dime should be wasted on them.
LMAO What is the cost of the subsidized Electric $26.00 a Kilowatt??
I wonder if this is connected to Harry Reid's $8 billion hi-speed-rail project included in the stimulus bill. It apparently provides for laying tracks from So Cal to the Las Vegas area. Prior articles said the hi-rail proposal follows the lines of I-15 which lines up with where this Brightsource project is reported to be located. If the government gets an easement for all the land to lay tracks, presumably they could run power lines along with it, or assign that right to a Brightsource type entity.
Just thinkin' out loud.
I'm not versed in the costs of various alternatives so I didn't understand your post.
$2 billion for California. Wish I could figure out a way to get a piece.
All these miracle electric sources are heavily subsidized Photovoltaic is in the Mid 20's if memory serves and coal is the cheapest.
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