How do you know Nevada Republicans only give lip service to capitalism?

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How do you know Nevada Republicans only give lip service to capitalism? When they force an entire industry out of the stage because the competition was too much for the legacy provider.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/13/solar-panel-energy-power-company-nevada

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Stephen Dickson said…
That's bullshit. Why the hell would they let that happen.
July 20, 2016 at 4:01 AM
Bryce Miller said…
I hate them so much and they changed it right after I made two homes all-solar.
July 20, 2016 at 4:59 AM
Emlyn O'Regan said…
Can you add storage and get off the grid entirely? Expensive I guess.
July 20, 2016 at 7:01 AM
Bryce Miller said…
Emlyn O'Regan there's a bunch of obstacles. They are doing their best to keep people buying fossil fuel power. It requires a contractor now to put up solar and to make changes to it. It took me months of repeated inspectors and fees that didn't used to exist. The power company used to have many incentive programs for energy conservation, but now that an evil multinational is in charge it's the opposite. There are fines for exiting the grid. The largest rooftop solar in the country went on a casino and they fined it and other casinos tens of millions of dollars each for exiting the grid. Even with no obstacles, we're supposed to be able to sell power back into the grid. Why should the fossil fuel plants have a monopoly on selling into the grid? The transmission loads are lower with decentralized power production, among other benefits like not needing battery storage on every house if power is just shared in and out of the grid. The network should allow free exchange of energy, like the internet. These things used to be understood, but people with 50-year mortgages on fossil-fuel plants seem to disagree. Fuck them.
July 20, 2016 at 7:32 AM
Stephen Dickson said…
From what I'm hearing it's about there though Emlyn.
EE Cubed​
July 20, 2016 at 7:33 AM
EE Cubed said…
In NZ,
I see some people now going
battery-storage first
(buying their electric-power
at the Spot Price lows,
at off-peak times, via FLICK Electric),
using NiFe batteries (mainly),
from China ,
and saving the solar-PV capital-outlay
for when they are about ready to
completely ditch the grid.

Much of the power-electronics stuff,
is common to both set-ups
(if you plan ahead correctly, and buy wisely).

.
July 20, 2016 at 6:41 PM
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