Environment & Energy

Here in California, with our aggressive renewable energy programs, we pay about 42 cents a kilowatt hour. ( Municipal electric companies like those in Los Angeles or Sacramento charge less, which brings down the state average a few cents. )

Integrating solar electricity into a reliable electric grid is expensive.

Common "net metering" solar schemes amount to a regressive tax on people who don't have the means to install their own grid-connected solar systems.

"Net metering" is an accounting trick that doesn't accurately reflect the actual costs of integrating solar into the grid.

The motives of Alabama's electric company probably don't reflect any compassion for lower income people. They are almost certainly "anti-woke." Nevertheless, lower income people should never end up subsidizing the solar projects of affluent and wealthy people who like to brag about making their meters "run backwards" but still rely on utility companies for their electricity when the sun is not shining, which is most of the time.