Solar Raises Electric Rates

The AJC happy-talk Solar Farm article 10/4/15 reported that Georgia farmers are leasing their acres to the Power Companies for $1400 per acre rather than leasing their acres to other farmers for $300 per acre. A 1000 acre farm would rent to Georgia Power for $1.4 million a year.  If that sounds like too much money, don’t worry, Power Company customers are paying for it.  Yes, that would be you.

Georgia Power customers have experienced a 20% increase in their electric bills so far in 2015.  There are several reasons for this increase and they are all traceable to the federal government’s suicidal pursuit of “alternative energy”.   The first is the federal bribes to States and Power Companies to take “affirmative action” in favor of Solar.  The production cost for wind and solar is 14 cents per KWH.  The second is the Obama EPA’s war on coal and nuclear.  The production cost for coal and nuclear is 2 cents per KWH.  Coal Plants, where we get 80% of our electricity are being closed.  Nuclear Plant construction is strangled by overregulation.  The bottom line is that Obama is fully committed to UN Agenda 21, which will result in a 500% increase in our electric bills.

Germany spent billions on Wind and Solar and doubled their electric bills.  German voters objected and Germany stopped building wind and solar, but their stuck with double the cost.   Wind and Solar cost 14 cents per KWH to produce.  The expense is in the installation and maintenance costs.  Wind and Solar shut down when there is no wind or sunlight. 

The only good use for Wind and Solar might be to power a large isolated farm or ranch in Oregon or Montana.  It’s a rip-off if it is connected to your grid, because the high cost of generation is averaged in to determine your electric bill.

We need low energy costs to have any hope for economic recovery.  When electric bills go up, companies move overseas for the lower cost coal powered electricity. Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols gets it.  We need to support Tim in his efforts to control these costs.  Remember, all of these EPA rules were dictated by the global warming hoax and are not based on our real needs.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader