Did you read your latest PSE bill stuffer? A reader suggested we dig through the trash and take a closer look, and we've done some dredging. PSE constantly requests rate hikes, but this specifies system improvements including a "cleaner energy supply" project -- that is, a massive new wind farm in Garfield County. They currently propose an 8.1% tariff on electricity and another 3% for natural gas. See the notice below, and visit the Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission ("UTC") site for details. Unfortunately, public comments were due yesterday. This will go on and on.
Wind power = free energy? Not exactly. These are notoriously inefficient. (Reuters recently reported that Europe is turning to modern coal-fired plants for its electricity.)
Locally, like the "Community Energy Challenge" with its huge hidden overhead costs and federal subsidies, the public keeps getting stiffed for trendy and impractical eco-projects that do little.
Wind power = free energy? Not exactly. These are notoriously inefficient. (Reuters recently reported that Europe is turning to modern coal-fired plants for its electricity.)
Locally, like the "Community Energy Challenge" with its huge hidden overhead costs and federal subsidies, the public keeps getting stiffed for trendy and impractical eco-projects that do little.
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