As a regulated monopoly, Xcel is guaranteed Huge profits... Xcel does not care about the rate payers.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3973787/posts
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
Rate payers ALWAYS, ALWAYS pay the bill.
Technology exists to use solid state fuel cells to covert NG to electricity at about 0.05 per KWhr. With Colorado’s cheep NG prices and price increases during the day, I am wondering if I need to move up my generator project and go off grid even though I live in the city.
The Dims lie their butts off when they say things like we'll get completely off of fossil fuels and such. They also lie when they say green energy projects they force onto you are the best way and for your own good. In reality it's to enrich their crony capitalists.
But if you buy a solar system that's customized for your specific energy consumption behaviors, it'll at least remove some of the control the Dims have on your energy needs. My solar system in Alabama produces about 3/4ths of the power I need. Thus I worry less if the govt will force my power company to shut down another coal plant. Nor do I worry much about the fact that natural gas is about twice as much on the commodities market as it was this time last year (due in large part to Biden starting a fracking ban, that impacts my power bill because my power company now produces more electricity from burning gas). All that stuff impacts me only 1/4th as much as it used to.
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Most Passivehauser are quite ugly, but there are exceptions.
Rural electric bills from IREA in Colorado just went up about $40/month.
“...build a smarter, greener electric grid”
Whenever someone uses catch phrases you know they are lying to you.
Hey, lets have customers pay more to get less reliable and more ugly looking energy. Hopefully this will get cut back to size like most of their prior attempts.
Make the people pay. Make the voterd mad. They wont do anything about it....haven’t since Carter...beyond whining. The profits are up and the politicians get voted in again. System works great for those with the clipboards.
Colorado libtards need to shut up and pay the bill. They advocate green but want others to pay for it. Time to pay the piper.
Fine. So you know who to blame then if the grid fails.
We have no choice in the matter. Wholly captive we are.