{"id":1068,"date":"2012-02-26T19:18:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T00:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/sb-401-revived-in-sb-459-lets-you-generate-and-sell-solar-power.html"},"modified":"2012-02-26T19:18:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T00:18:55","slug":"sb-401-revived-in-sb-459-lets-you-generate-and-sell-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/sb-401-revived-in-sb-459-lets-you-generate-and-sell-solar-power.html","title":{"rendered":"SB 401 revived in SB 459: lets you generate and sell solar power"},"content":{"rendered":"SB 401 got tabled in the Natural Resources Committee.\n46 other states already let people generate solar power and sell it to\na third party.\n<blockquote>\nYet in only four states &mdash; Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and\nKentucky Mdash; are third party power purchase agreements disallowed,\naccording to the U.S. Department of Energy.\n<\/blockquote>\nBut Georgia Power convinced that committee that it would raise\nrates for everybody else.\nWhich is pretty rich coming from the same gapower that is\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/calculate-how-much-vogtle-is-costing-you-mandy-hancock.html\">\nalready charging customers Construction Work in Progress<\/a>\nfor its nuke boondoggle.\nSo SB 401 sponsor Sen. Buddy Carter found another way.\n<p>\nMary Landers wrote for the Savannah Morning News Friday,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/savannahnow.com\/exchange\/2012-02-24\/solar-bill-jolted-back-life#.T0rH-R00iBs\">\nSolar bill jolted back to life<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\nTo revive his bill, Carter tacked it onto to one already sent to the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.legis.ga.gov\/legis\/2009_10\/senate\/buddycarterbio.php\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www1.legis.ga.gov\/legis\/2009_10\/senate\/images\/buddycarter.jpg\"><\/a>\nRegulated Industries Committee &mdash; SB 459, which would allow\nconsumers to opt-out of smart meters like the ones Georgia Power is\ncurrently installing in Savannah. The committee held a hearing on\nthe bill Thursday, ultimately tabling it, and saying they wanted\nmore information about how power purchase agreements work in other\nstates.\n<p>\nCarter was elated.\n<p>\n&ldquo;It&#8217;s out there now and people are aware of it,&rdquo; he\nsaid. It&#8217;s getting media attention. I feel good about it.&rdquo;\n<\/blockquote>\nHelp him feel even better about it.\nContact the committee chair and tell him we want solar cogeneration:\n<blockquote>\nSenator William Ligon\n<br>\n404-656-0045\n<br>\nwilliam.ligon@senate.ga.gov\n<\/blockquote>\nOh, regarding the meter opt-out in the main body of the bill,\nwhy let gapower charge people for that?\nYou can mention to Sen. Ligon that people should be able to opt out for free.\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nPS: Owed to Bob Ingram.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SB 401 got tabled in the Natural Resources Committee. 46 other states already let people generate solar power and sell it to a third party. 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