That debate was a disaster and made a Nevada/Arizona net metering hearing look normal. In all of the discourse we miss a debate on what Americans agree on like having more solar on the grid, giving consumers more choice, etc. Interestingly more utility front groups have come up recently to engage in the debate about solar energy and how subsidized it is. What I would like to discuss is how regulated monopolies have a misalignment with consumer choice and costs. I would like to talk about hedging of fuel cost curves that are used to build fossil power plants. In the next decade the energy debate will center around consumer choice, that’s the discussion that I want to have.
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Have a great day!
Yann