I like the idea of having local control of our electric energy

Sat, 02/20/2010 - 23:16 — rbrichard

I find disingenuous the behavior of PG&E, a company that failed last decade so that I now must pay off a loan secured by the state to preserve its monopoly business. They should be pleased to have me as a customer but fail to ask me what sort of energy I want--their current mix of nuclear/coal/CO2 producing sources or perhaps clean power from local renewable sources.

Also, PG&E has failed to meet renewable targets and has resisted purchasing power from solar array owners beyond a the cap of .05 of peak load. This threshold is minuscule and given PG&E overpaid ENRON their argument that they cannot afford to buy citizen generated power beyond this limit is ridiculous. We will never achieve fossil fuel independence with PG&E management. http://www.energyrefuge.com/archives/solar_power_systems.htm

To add insult to this injury, they continue to spend my rate payer dollars on misinformation campaigns to obscure their position and scare citizens about MCE's sound approach to local power. Given we have access to MEA and can vote with our pocketbook, we have much more control over what kind of power gets delivered and some chance that the County can meet green house gas emission targets.