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