Solar power adds to nonusers' costs

[ProgressiveProfessor]

12. Actually I have a large solar plant that pays me well now that CA requires it.

Us solar guys are getting a bit of a free ride. The big solar guys even more so. The locally generated power is requiring more transmission capacity and there is not a good funding model to cover the costs. No different than wind or other local generation approaches. While all good things, it presents some new challenges.

The current subsidies lowers consumer power bills. If we ever went to a true "what it costs to provide you power" model, many consumers would be freezing in the dark. That is unacceptable.

We are moving away from coal/oil/nuclear and to some extent centrally generated and manged power. A good thing, but its not going to happen overnight.

My point is that the production model for power generation is changing and it is moving faster than the cost and payment models. That needs to get fixed. That is not support for subsidies, its a desire to get ahead of the game as we move to a renewable based power.

And that is quite progressive.