Topic: Oklahoma will charge homeowners who generate their own power - page 2. (Read 1820 times)

Ahhh that's what it is! Such a true statement...

There is no capitalism in the USA, they have capitolism instead. That isn't surprising because capitalism is only a transitional period, which starts after destruction of feudal society.

one of my favotive quotes...
it seems the united states becomes more and more like europe...

"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes it's laws" - Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Show me who makes the money and I care not who rules the country. Something like that, pretty sure butchered the quote....

In a capitalist state the big corporations is the most powerful entity even on top of politicians.

thats fucked up

49 states to go...

Certainly, walk right through that door into the shower area, the exit is just around the corner.

Good lord. And so this begins. Is there any escape?

[...]
Utility customers who want to install rooftop solar panels or small wind turbines could face extra charges on their bills after legislation passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday.

Senate Bill 1456 passed 83-5 after no debate in the House. It passed the Senate last month and now heads to Gov. Mary Fallin for her approval.

The bill was supported by the state’s major electric utilities, but drew opposition from solar advocates, environmentalists and others. It sets up a process at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to establish a separate customer class and monthly surcharge for distributed generation such as rooftop solar or small wind turbines.

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While I suppose there might be an argument for allowing utilities to recoup costs that are legitimately incurred from the practice of selling energy back to the grid, the idea of charging people extra for doing something that reduces their dependence on the grid while at the same time increasing the amount of energy available seems rather nonsensical. As the linked article goes on to note, these types of systems benefit energy companies by helping to reduce demand on the grid during peak hours and by increasing the amount of energy available during those periods. Given that, one would think that energy companies would want to encourage this sort of thing rather than backing measures like this which could potentiallly hamper it. It’s hard not to see this as an effort by the utility companies to hamper the competition that solar and wind generated energy provide them and, of course, to make sure that they still manage to make some money out of the deal.


http://newsok.com/oklahoma-house-passes-solar-surcharge-bill/article/3955378