The fossil-fuel industry, under pressure from simple reality, reveals itself more and more as the real radical minority... So, here’s an idea. Why stop at hitting up solar households with extra costs to help meet their so-called “grid obligations”? Why not target other users who are not consuming their fair share of electricity from the grid? How about those installing LED light bulbs, or more efficient pool pumps? What about those swapping their plasma TVs for flat screens, or who have decided to upgrade their air-conditioning? Or even those empty nesters who have reduced their consumption because the kids have grown up and moved on? Sounds ridiculous? Of course it is. But that is the logical extension of what Australia’s incumbent electricity operators are proposing in a desperate bid to rescue their business model... reneweconomy.au/2013/utilities-war-on-solar-equals-subsidy-to-wealthy-energy-users-55758
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:53:44 +0000
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