ALEC calls for penalties on 'freerider' homeowners in assault on clean energy

[Jesus Malverde]

37. There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding.

Electric companies are freaking out that as solar gets better and better people will love and DEPEND on them less.

Currently in California if you install solar. The law requires them to buy your excess power. The claim is when they pay you for power your getting a deal because many homeowners are ending up with a zero bill. The remaining non solar ratepayers are left to fund the maintenance of the grid.

They are right this is a real problem for the private utilities. Their business model is unsustainable and the answer is to NATIONALIZE the grid and subsidize it. Solar is the future, but it's not going to be easy. Every month the private utility monopolies bribe their respective states through massive sales tax collection. Creepily as our rates go up so does the amount of money collected to be spent by the state.

The same sad relationship exists with gasoline where every mile of fuel efficiency is less money for the state. We need to turn that model upside down and reward those doing the right thing, for doing the right thing.