{"id":391,"date":"2012-10-23T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/solar-yes-nuclear-expansion-no-david-staples-for-ga-psc.html"},"modified":"2012-10-23T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:27:02","slug":"solar-yes-nuclear-expansion-no-david-staples-for-ga-psc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/solar-yes-nuclear-expansion-no-david-staples-for-ga-psc.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar yes, nuclear expansion no &mdash;David Staples for GA PSC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4f-fJoMPdoQ\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017ee462c6ad970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee462c6ad970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nAfter\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/another-35-billion-nuclear-cost-overruns-coming-david-staples-hba-2012-10-18.html\">\nhe spoke at last Thursday&#8217;s Political Forum<\/a>,\nDavid Staples said something interesting out in the hall and I asked\nhim to repeat it for the video camera.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4f-fJoMPdoQ\">\nthe video,<\/a>\nfollowed by\n<a href=\"#transcript\">a transcript.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4f-fJoMPdoQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),<br> Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 18 October 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s the\n<a name=\"transcript\"><\/a>transcript:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nI think right now we need to look at solar.\nThe two new nuclear reactors probably shouldn&#8217;t be built right now.\nYou look at the wholesale power rate curves,\nand where it&#8217;s most expensive, and it&#8217;s during peak hours.\nWholesale power is 50 cents a kilowatt-hour,\nand the electric companies are buying at wholesale rates,\nWhat do we need to offset that with?\nWe&#8217;ve got something to do that with: solar.\nThe cost has come so far down that that&#8217;s something\nwe should be spending our money on rather than\nthan building nuclear reactors right now.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/05\/georgia-power-nuclear-buggy-whip-manufacturer.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016306155d37970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016306155d37970d-pi.png\"   width=\"374\" height=\"288\"  \/><\/a>\nSolar PV costs\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/solar-pv-costs-dropped-50-last-year-time-for-south-georgia-to-lead-in-solar-power.html\">\ndropped 50% last year.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSouthern Company&#8217;s new nukes\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/another-35-billion-nuclear-cost-overruns-coming-david-staples-hba-2012-10-18.html\">\ncontinue to run farther over budget.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/denmark-reaches-200-mw-solar-goal-8-years-ahead-of-schedule.html\">\nDenmark can do it<\/a>\nmaybe\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/05\/georgia-power-nuclear-buggy-whip-manufacturer.html\">\nSouthern Company and Georgia Power should stop manufacturing buggy whips<\/a>\nand\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/06\/the-solar-train-is-leaving-the-station-but-the-nuclear-buggywhip-is-in-the-way.html\">\nhelp get Georgia on the solar train.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nStaples is\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/ga-psc-questionnaire-answers-david-staples.html\">\non record for solar<\/a>\nand as he says\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/ethics-matter-david-staples-for-ga-psc.html\">ethics matter<\/a>:\nall the incumbent GA PSC members\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/4-of-5-incumbent-ga-psc-commissioners-accept-massive-utility-campaign-contributions.html\"> have taken campaign donations from\npeople closely associated with the industries they regulate,<\/a>\n(including\n<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ethics.ga.gov\/search\/Campaign\/Campaign_ReportOptions.aspx?NameID=242&#038;FilerID=C2006000065&#038;CDRID=72106\">\nStan Wise<\/a>)\nand Staples\nhas apparently\n<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ethics.ga.gov\/search\/Campaign\/Campaign_Name.aspx?NameID=16919&#038;FilerID=C2012001448&#038;Type=candidate\">\nonly accepted donations from clean sources.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After he spoke at last Thursday&#8217;s Political Forum, David Staples said something interesting out in the hall and I asked him to repeat it for the video camera. 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