EV drivers beware, ALEC is coming for your solar power
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12-23-2013, 11:10 AM
EV drivers beware, ALEC is coming for your solar power
Filed under: Green Culture, Solar, Legislation and Policy, USA
We wonder how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) would feel about vehicle-to-grid energy technology being promoted by automakers such as Honda and Nissan. Because when it comes to home solar power-to-grid transmission, the group of primarily conservative lawmakers and business folks aren't crazy about it, Grist says.
ALEC, a group of about 800 people that includes such notables as ex-vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, appears to be going after any and all things related to renewable energy, and that includes people who install their own home solar panels and sell their excess power back to the grid. In fact, ALEC not only is saying these people shouldn't be paid for the energy, but believes they should pay for the privilege of sending energy back to the grid because they don't have to pay for the grid's infrastructure.
ALEC has bigger fish to fry, of course, including moving more legislative power from the federal government to the states, preventing President Obama from mandating lower greenhouse-gas emissions and holding states back from promoting renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Naturally, Greenpeace and the Clean Air Task Force are taking ALEC to task for its methods, while Democracy Now quotes Lisa Graves of the Center for Media and Democracy as saying ALEC practices "institutional corruption."
Meanwhile, the non-profit SUN DAY Campaign is accusing the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) of underestimating how much renewable energy we will be able to contribute to the total US energy supply during the next quarter century. The group said that while the EIA forecasts renewable energy to account for about 16 percent of the total US energy generation in 2040, SUN DAY thinks that number will be closer to 25 percent. You can check out SUN DAY's press release on the subject below. And you thought the ethanol debate was contentious.Continue reading EV drivers beware, ALEC is coming for your solar power
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We wonder how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) would feel about vehicle-to-grid energy technology being promoted by automakers such as Honda and Nissan. Because when it comes to home solar power-to-grid transmission, the group of primarily conservative lawmakers and business folks aren't crazy about it, Grist says.
ALEC, a group of about 800 people that includes such notables as ex-vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, appears to be going after any and all things related to renewable energy, and that includes people who install their own home solar panels and sell their excess power back to the grid. In fact, ALEC not only is saying these people shouldn't be paid for the energy, but believes they should pay for the privilege of sending energy back to the grid because they don't have to pay for the grid's infrastructure.
ALEC has bigger fish to fry, of course, including moving more legislative power from the federal government to the states, preventing President Obama from mandating lower greenhouse-gas emissions and holding states back from promoting renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Naturally, Greenpeace and the Clean Air Task Force are taking ALEC to task for its methods, while Democracy Now quotes Lisa Graves of the Center for Media and Democracy as saying ALEC practices "institutional corruption."
Meanwhile, the non-profit SUN DAY Campaign is accusing the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) of underestimating how much renewable energy we will be able to contribute to the total US energy supply during the next quarter century. The group said that while the EIA forecasts renewable energy to account for about 16 percent of the total US energy generation in 2040, SUN DAY thinks that number will be closer to 25 percent. You can check out SUN DAY's press release on the subject below. And you thought the ethanol debate was contentious.Continue reading EV drivers beware, ALEC is coming for your solar power
EV drivers beware, ALEC is coming for your solar power originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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