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Gloria

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33. here in So. NM we get service fron El Paso Electric, I gave solar!!

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 05:24 PM

Sep 2015

They want to raise rates for more upgrades. No sweat for me...

I ugraded my 70% system to 100% 1 1/2 years ago under the same terms...getting paid 12c a Kwh I generate...those deals are gone, way down to 2c, I think...

It's my hedge against future costs,,, the tax rebates were great and both sections will pay off at the same time, now about 4 years...then...really free!
And having no bills now is great, to!

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The impossible just happened in Texas [View all] G_j Sep 2015 OP

Solar and wind power will never work! Human101948 Sep 2015 #1

It simply isn't feasible! KansDem Sep 2015 #2

I'm expecting that some day state legislatures SheilaT Sep 2015 #9

ALEC is probably burning brain cells right now on that. 47of74 Sep 2015 #36

A comedian once said, CrispyQ Sep 2015 #18

What good would it do at midnight? eggplant Sep 2015 #24

Lots of thing! Could be exported, could be stored, but the point is the abundant energy everywhere. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #37

Do I really have to explain the joke? eggplant Sep 2015 #52

It wasn't funny, don't bother... Human101948 Sep 2015 #64

Funny... Funny... Funny rpannier Sep 2015 #54

Aw, thx! eggplant Sep 2015 #58

I have to give credit where credit is due rpannier Sep 2015 #65

:-D n/t eggplant Sep 2015 #66

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Not for billionaires, only for humans. nt valerief Sep 2015 #12

Of course not! BobTheSubgenius Sep 2015 #60

If it becomes too efficient, sulphurdunn Sep 2015 #62

wow SoLeftIAmRight Sep 2015 #3

WOW Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #4

I drive from Amarillo to littlebit Sep 2015 #5

Isn't that like a twelve hour drive in each direction? SheilaT Sep 2015 #10

No it's about 537 miles. littlebit Sep 2015 #15

I hope that's a job and not a commute!!! Gore1FL Sep 2015 #19

It is littlebit Sep 2015 #25

Oops. Didn't read your response SheilaT Sep 2015 #28

Ssshhhhh... CanSocDem Sep 2015 #31

Not for one driver. littlebit Sep 2015 #47

Thanks for the clarification. SheilaT Sep 2015 #49

Our port off loads wind turbine blades everyday now. You see them going out by rail and truck all Dustlawyer Sep 2015 #34

Yeah I see the blades for them every so often here in eastern Iowa 47of74 Sep 2015 #38

From the air flying at low altitude you can see thousands of them at once Major Nikon Sep 2015 #45

K&R closeupready Sep 2015 #6

And here's the real reason; A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #7

And only in Texas because Texas' power grid is self-contained and aren't linked with . . . brush Sep 2015 #56

Yeah I've been thinking of getting my dad to consider solar power for the farm; 47of74 Sep 2015 #8

Probably he would never pay an electric bill again. Volaris Sep 2015 #13

Try this calculator jeff47 Sep 2015 #14

I just wish Bernie's Marty McGraw Sep 2015 #22

cool 47of74 Sep 2015 #35

I was talking to an electric co. employee recently... Beartracks Sep 2015 #40

That's assuming people actually go off-grid. jeff47 Sep 2015 #41

You make it sound like cloud computing. Beartracks Sep 2015 #42

A little. jeff47 Sep 2015 #44

I know a farmer in NW Iowa that put up his own wind generator. progressoid Sep 2015 #27

A long way from Enron. kairos12 Sep 2015 #11

But but but but......oil and natural gas and coal and uranium... Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #16

And how much of that will be passed on to the consumer? hobbit709 Sep 2015 #17

I'm currently locked into a 6.2 cent per KwH rate Major Nikon Sep 2015 #46

K/R Jack Rabbit Sep 2015 #20

kick Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #23

Sounds like a "windfall" profit for those shorting the Southwest electricity futures market. leveymg Sep 2015 #26

I worked for a year out of Midland and Odessa (West Texas). bvar22 Sep 2015 #29

Saying in that area: The wind is always blowing sand, except when it's blowing ice. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #30

That is not an exaggeration. bvar22 Sep 2015 #32

here in So. NM we get service fron El Paso Electric, I gave solar!! Gloria Sep 2015 #33

K&R. Okay TX. n/t ion_theory Sep 2015 #39

If I'm not mistaken, T Bone Pickins owns a lot of those windmills. Stinky The Clown Sep 2015 #43

Not as many as originally planned TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #55

Pickens is right, the government should build the lines like Ike did the interstates . . . brush Sep 2015 #57

Not to mention, if we really ramped up wind and solar TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #68

Gosh. Imagine what would happen if this was how it was around the whole country? Octafish Sep 2015 #48

I don't see any Hillary logos in this thread. Is she against wind power? nm rhett o rick Sep 2015 #50

you better believe AnAzulTexas Sep 2015 #51

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2015 #53

I have Green Mountain Energy.. FloriTexan Sep 2015 #59

I have Green Mountain Energy here in East Texas. jamesatemple Sep 2015 #63

The Sun ................... turbinetree Sep 2015 #61

Provides ALL the energy life needs ReactFlux Sep 2015 #67

It sure does.................................. turbinetree Sep 2015 #70

'The Sun' ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #71

Coooooooooooooooooool.......................................... turbinetree Sep 2015 #72

Thank you! ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #73

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cool Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #69

whoa, they have renewable power in Texas??? Takket Sep 2015 #75

Wind farms having to pay for producing electricity is a good thing for renewables? (nt) Recursion Sep 2015 #76