Georgia decision makers met this summer and fall to learn more about community solar energy in reaction to the Georgia Homegrown Solar Act, which was proposed at the last session and will be proposed most likely at the next session which starts in January 2025.
Community solar can expand solar access for renters, multifamily residents, and low-income residents, to name a few.
Solar panel installation isn’t exactly a renter-friendly upgrade. With community solar, renters can save on utility bills AND help save the planet — and as long as you are the one paying the electric bill, your landlord never has to know.
Georgia Power’s current community solar program is unpopular, inefficient, and increases bills. The program proposed in the Georgia Homegrown Solar Act can reduce energy costs and provide a hedge against volatile fossil fuel prices. Typical bill savings in similar programs nationwide are 5-20%. The Georgia Homegrown Solar Act would open the market for community solar programs for customers in Georgia Power’s territory and direct the Public Service Commission to establish the compensation rate for subscribers of community solar projects to receive a credit for the benefits these projects provide the electric grid. The Act also limits project size to 5-6 megawatts (25-30 acres).
Community solar can help the Peach State move forward in the pursuit of an equitable clean energy transition. Programs such as Georgia BRIGHT’s Solar for All will benefit from this act and make the community solar portion of the program more viable. This will also result in more good-paying jobs for Georgians: community solar can open a new market sector for Georgia businesses, and the projects can be put on warehouses, food banks, and community centers rather than agricultural land. This recent Time Magazine article addresses the need for community solar as a component in this energy transition.
The benefits of community solar outweigh the costs — those who participate in the program pay for the program.
This is not net metering. Customers can voluntarily subscribe to the program, which is overseen by the Georgia Public Service Commission. The proposed program will allow private businesses and nonprofits to build solar facilities, and these optional subscriptions help pay for building projects without creating a cost shift. In this way, Georgians, who now pay some of the highest electric bills in the country, will have the opportunity to receive some bill relief. The solar facility will generate electricity that will reduce utility costs, and the customer will receive a utility bill credit between 10% and 20% per month.
Many states and communities are already benefiting from community solar programs. Virginia’s and the District of Columbia’s programs are examples of what Georgia looks forward to with implementing the Georgia Homegrown Solar Act.
It’s Georgia’s turn to get on board and embrace all the benefits of community solar!
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Some may find the claim at left compelling.
But consider Japan, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland that are almost completely atheist. The other nations in Western Europe have also steadily moved away from religion.
Have they “lost their countries,” or is this a present-day scare tactic directed by fear-mongers, just as it has been since the Dark Ages?
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Is It Odd that Many Words in English are Supernumerary? Or Is that Superfluous? Extraneous? Unnecessary?
Not at all.
English has an uncountable thousands of words it doesn’t need. If you don’t believe me, check out “A Word a Day,” and learn the meanings of words that are completely useless. The last two days brought us:
- April 14: Flocculent (adjective: having a fluffy, woolly texture).
- April 13: Impetrate (verb: to obtain by request or entreaty).
Maybe this impressed people a century ago, but if I wrote that a sheep was flocculent, I think you’d be rolling your eyes.
While some English speakers 400 years ago were discovering gravity, developing calculus, using newly minted telescopes to explore our solar system, and refining our understanding of logic as originally put forth by Aristotle, others were inventing words for groups of animals.
Sure, it’s useful to have words like “pack” (for dogs), “herd” (for cows and horses), “flock” (for birds), and perhaps a few others. But what about a group of owls (a parliament), flamingos (a flamboyance), or ferrets (a business)? And that’s just the beginning.
By contrast, Spanish has too few words, IMO. For those interested, here are the 15+ possible meanings in English of the verb “llevar.” As someone who made an honest attempt to learn the language, I’d go into panic mode when someone would say something with any conjugation of that verb. S***! Is he talking about wearing something, Giving someone a ride? Bringing something? Getting along well with someone? Stealing something?
If you believe that a loving God has a plan for you, and is steadily guiding you towards happiness, then you disagree with the assertion here.
The rest of us are forced to admit that the universe is cooly indifferent to us and the outcome of our lives here on Earth.
This doesn’t mean, btw, that our lives are meaningless, but it does compel us to create our own meaning as we make our choices as we go along.
Another point to be made here is that there is no “galactic cavalry” that is going to come charging in, guns ablazing, to save us from the criminal insanity of the Trump administration.
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