{"id":1083,"date":"2012-02-22T12:06:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T17:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/can-you-imagine-the-power-company-coming-and-cutting-our-power-off-dr-sidney-smith-2012-02-17.html"},"modified":"2012-02-22T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T17:06:38","slug":"can-you-imagine-the-power-company-coming-and-cutting-our-power-off-dr-sidney-smith-2012-02-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/can-you-imagine-the-power-company-coming-and-cutting-our-power-off-dr-sidney-smith-2012-02-17.html","title":{"rendered":"Can you imagine the power company coming and cutting our power off? &mdash;Dr. Sidney Smith 2012 02 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yX3PpVfomts\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yX3PpVfomts\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nDr. Smith speculated that Georgia Power might try to stop\nsolar installations like\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/selling-solar-power-in-richmond-hill-lower-rates-for-customers-llc-2012-02-17.html\">\nthe one he just opened in Richmond Hill<\/a>\nlast Friday.\n<blockquote>\nBut can you imagine the power company coming\nand cutting our power off\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6774710718\/in\/set-72157629403759835\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7065\/6774710718_67197a6042_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nand telling Dr. [inaudible] he has to pay more money?\nI don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s going to happen.\n<\/blockquote>\nDoes Georgia Power really want to be seen opposing\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lowerratesforcustomers.com\/\">\nLower Rates for Customers<\/a>?\n<p>\nMaybe so, since Georgia Power\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.ga.gov\/senators\/en-US\/member.aspx?Member=14&#038;Session=21\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"80\" height=\"104\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.senate.ga.gov\/SiteCollectionImages\/GoldenTim14.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/georgia-power-opposes-sb-401-and-lower-rates-for-customers.html\">\nopposes SB 401,<\/a> which would\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/help-pass-ga-senate-bill-401-to-facilitate-distributed-power-cogeneration.html\">\nfacilitate exactly what Dr. Smith is doing.<\/a>\nYou can help pass SB 401.\nCall\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.ga.gov\/senators\/en-US\/SenateMembersList.aspx\">\nyour state senator<\/a>, or\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com\/1\/legalize-solar-power\/#taf\">\nsign the petition.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yX3PpVfomts\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yX3PpVfomts\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nCan you imagine the power company coming and cutting our power off? &mdash;Dr. Sidney Smith 2012 02 17\n<br>\nSouth Eastern Pathology Associates,\n<br>\nSelling Power, Lower Rates for Customers LLC (LRCLLC),\n<br>\nRichmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia, 17 February 2012.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n<blockquote>\nOur goal is simply to make power available to all people\nat the lowest rates&#8230;.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe remarked this was their second installation.\nThe first was at the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/01\/solar-surging-in-savannah.html\">\nDriftaway Cafe.<\/a>\nThey have another planned.\nA fourth one was supposed to be at a nearby orphanage,\nbut Georgia Power wouldn&#8217;t allow it.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Smith speculated that Georgia Power might try to stop solar installations like the one he just opened in Richmond Hill last Friday. 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