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If there were more like you, and less gas-fired power stations

Tony — 12/17/2004 7:59:52 PM (archived)

my damn heating bill wouldn't double every year.
dont get me started.

:-)

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Xcel Energy's threat to residential photovoltaic systems. - a rather upset ~jms~ - 12/17/2004 5:04:42 AM
- Update - jms - 12/19/2004 4:02:57 AM
  - Damn...I was hoping you were gonna organize a ski in...Er...I mean sit in...That we could participate in. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 12/20/2004 2:40:06 PM
  - It's good to relax. - Mary Anne - 12/19/2004 9:51:55 PM
  - Thanks! Keep us posted on further developments. - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2004 4:11:17 AM
- That is a bad deal and a blatant attempt to end run the law - ebnelson - 12/17/2004 7:23:24 PM
- Man, you got us fired up! (n/t) - alcaray - 12/17/2004 6:52:22 PM
  - Yeah, cool to see everyone pulling in the same direction for a change! (n/t) - LJ - 12/17/2004 7:07:13 PM
    - Can't we all just get along? - Tony - 12/17/2004 8:01:49 PM
- BTW... - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2004 5:40:08 PM
  - net-metering changes are a small part of that docket - jms - 12/17/2004 6:19:10 PM
- A good letter to the commissioners, but not for the public. - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 5:02:08 PM
  - And do your local TV news shows have consumer reports, - alcaray - 12/17/2004 5:57:38 PM
    - Yes! Radio too. - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 6:25:14 PM
      - I once had a problem with a utility - alcaray - 12/17/2004 6:50:39 PM
  - Excellent suggestions - jms - 12/17/2004 5:48:04 PM
  - Contact some university activists too. - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 5:28:15 PM
    - Activists - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2004 5:42:38 PM
      - Activists - jms - 12/17/2004 6:27:01 PM
        
        If there were more like you, and less gas-fired power stations - Tony - 12/17/2004 7:59:52 PM
- Good luck - LJ - 12/17/2004 4:57:47 PM
  - Luck will have very little to do with it. - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 5:12:10 PM
    - re: Luck will have very little to do with it. - LJ - 12/17/2004 6:19:28 PM
      - Sorry. - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 6:31:47 PM
- Under other circumstances, it would be almost "bait and switch." - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2004 4:53:46 PM
  - The problem with that is that it will still enable the power company to discourage others from producing their own power. - Scott Evil - 12/17/2004 7:02:06 PM
  - Compromise, shmompromise - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 5:33:36 PM
    - "I say go for the win." - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2004 5:44:03 PM
      - LOL! I'm not even going to fight with you. - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 5:46:52 PM
- Go get 'em! - Fox - 12/17/2004 4:34:09 PM
  - newspapers - jms - 12/17/2004 5:52:10 PM
    - I think they're busy distributing New Testaments this weekend, anyway... (n/t) - Fox - 12/19/2004 12:52:33 AM
      - can't compete with that, it's a bestseller! - jms - 12/19/2004 1:17:52 AM
        
        re: waiting 'til after the holidays - Fox - 12/19/2004 2:56:53 PM
- re: It sounds like they are trying to get around the rules concerning net metering... - Scott Evil - 12/17/2004 4:23:34 PM
  - what happens if we make more than we use - jms - 12/17/2004 5:59:38 PM
    - Thanks. That's really interesting. - Scott Evil - 12/17/2004 6:50:55 PM
      - P.S. There is another alternative comprimise - Scott Evil - 12/17/2004 7:19:53 PM
  - Not "get around": "change". By regulation, because public opinion, once aroused, would never support it. grrr (n/t) - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 5:15:37 PM
- my solution. - Jack Herer - 12/17/2004 3:22:40 PM
  - batteries - jms - 12/17/2004 6:06:14 PM
    - Leaving the grid - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2004 8:36:42 PM
      - multiple systems - jms - 12/17/2004 9:36:51 PM
        
        Have you experienced any noticable decline in your PV energy output as the system ages? - Scott Evil - 12/17/2004 10:26:03 PM
        
        not really - jms - 12/17/2004 11:04:29 PM
        
        Thanks for the interesting info. Its good to hear that they are holding up well. - Scott Evil - 12/20/2004 2:34:56 PM
        
        Current warrenty is 25 years. (n/t) - sean - 12/18/2004 1:41:10 PM
        
        re: multiple systems - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2004 10:17:15 PM
        
        pulse furnace - jms - 12/17/2004 10:53:46 PM
  - It's a political problem, Jack. - Mary Anne - 12/17/2004 4:00:48 PM
    - re: It's a political problem, Jack. - p - 12/17/2004 4:20:59 PM
      - How am I supposed to argue with you - Tony - 12/17/2004 5:00:21 PM

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