Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

shearwater — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:50:18 GMT

All that is needed for people to improve their energy efficiency is an energy audit and a source of financing to make improvements that will appreciate the value of their homes and the comfort of their current living. We do not need laws establishing bureaucracies to do this.

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

OTRDriver — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:39:00 GMT

And here is more info on the subject.

www.michigan.gov/.../0,1607,7-159-16377_43420---,00.html

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

OTRDriver — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:36:49 GMT

Here's your chance to comment on the proposal in person and via mail. here is the site for the Public Hearing.

www.michigan.gov/.../0,1607,7-159-16393_38274---,00.html

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

OTRDriver — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:24:59 GMT

www1.eere.energy.gov/.../net_metering.html

Under federal law, utilities must allow independent power producers to be interconnected with the utility grid, and utilities must purchase any excess electricity they generate. Many states have gone beyond the minimum requirements of the federal law by allowing net metering for customers with PV systems. With net metering, the customer's electric meter will run backward when the solar electric system produces more power than is needed to operate the home or business at that time. An approved, utility-grade inverter converts the dc power from the PV modules into ac power that exactly matches the voltage and frequency of the electricity flowing in the utility line; the system must also meet the utility's safety and power-quality requirements. The excess electricity is then fed into the utility grid and sold to the utility at the retail rate.

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

OTRDriver — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:22:12 GMT

If I'm not mistaken the utilities do buy back 10% of the energy produced by a residential or independent person who is on the grid and has the proper equipment.

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

TrueBlue — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:02:37 GMT

Tsk tsk. You're ignorance shows .....yet again.

Graholm is awesome. (Thats why she won.....twice)

Pfft.

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

crazycajun — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:10:58 GMT

i thought that providing energy efficient housing was the JOB OF THE GOVERNMENT, not the job of the private sector.

why is the government NOW trying to drop the ball and FORCE private businesses to pick it up for them?

isn't UNIVERSALLY ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES just as important a government program as UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE?

the left seems against private sector involvement, why the rush to it now?

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

crazycajun — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:51:50 GMT

yeah... she got us the BEST unemployment rate in the nation.

she got us the BEST TAXES.

she got us rid of the BEST BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTRY.

she emptied the state of workers pretty effectively too.

she's keeping the best and the brightest from moving to michigan by taxing businesses billions of dollars.

yeah.. she's the BEST... NOT...

re: Gov. Granholm State of the State Energy Proposals

TrueBlue — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:33:32 GMT

No doubt about it, Granholm is the BEST Governor MI has had in decades !!!