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LETTERS: Why cheer on solar?; coping mechanisms

Colorado Springs Gazette·The Gazette Letters·21 days ago
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Why cheer for a failed plan? We paid just north of $50K for our solar system, and it produces 15%-20% more energy than I use in a year, according to CSU. This is an investment from us in their green energy plan. When it was installed, we were told by CSU that the excess would be credited to the evening hours and all we would have to pay is the monthly hook-up fee. Any “over generation” would be bought by the Utilities at the State Law dictate of 1kwh – 1kwh rate at the end of the year. During their presentation last fall, CSU said every kwh of solar sent back to the grid saves them $0.12, yet they only reimburse us $0.02 per surplus kwh. Do I need to do the math? 600% profit by their numbers. And they now want to go back on the original agreement and charge us more! A couple of unanswered questions keep coming to mind: 1) During peak hours, they are going to get more usage and therefore more money coming in. Why add to that by artificially inflated rates for those hours?…

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