02-28-2008, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
CA
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Ernie,
Our electric rates are out of sight and this new bill is just more gouging of the people. A couple of years ago P.G. & E. went on a big plan to help people install solar panels and such and at this time they are not efficient enough to pay for themselves before they have to be replaced. I know they are getting better but few people on fixed incomes can afford from $25K to over $75K to have this stuff put in. Some of the newer businesses in Redding had it installed when they built the buildings and it won't even run their building, let alone have any left over. And there was no buy back plan either.
Rick,
You must have darn low electric rates or you have some solar set up they haven't come up with out here yet. And just because the idiots passed that bill, don't use that to prove that Solar is the thing. It could be, but at this time it is completely impractical here. I had two solar companies come look and tell me what it would cost me for a minimal solar panel system and both told me it would be far more than it is worth. I have no trees to bother with, house is in the sun all day long, and both companies told me that I would need at least 30 years just to recover the price of the dam panels and then the batteries would need replacement. Also when we have those month long dark days during the Winter, where do I get the heat to run the panels? 
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