Will 2015 be remembered as the year that solar and batteries became a reasonably priced alternative to reliance on the grid? The cost of solar has come down so much that, when combined with energy efficiency, energy management (like switching power consumption to hours with solar gain) and batteries, it is now feasible for this off-grid energy to cost in the range of utility costs. By 2020, it will be cheaper to go off grid than to stay on it.
This is largely because most utilities are not endorsing the new paradigm but are fighting it.
It is only financially good for them to fight solar in the short term. In the long run, they will suffer for it, and may well go out of business as the new paradigm overwhelms their opposition.
This was an extremely bad vote. It is one of Marshall Law on the environment, within 100 miles of the Canadian and Mexican borders. This proposed law is not really about the border. It is planned to be one of the first steps in which to disable environmental laws in the U.S.
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This is largely because most utilities are not endorsing the new paradigm but are fighting it.
It is only financially good for them to fight solar in the short term. In the long run, they will suffer for it, and may well go out of business as the new paradigm overwhelms their opposition.