01 February 2016

Two Biz Titans Tangle over Net-Metering > AZ +NV // Solar Wars In The Desert

Back on 19 Oct 2015 this blog did a post with the sub-header 
State's Biggest Utilities Defeat
Innovation in Solar Power
Then again a number of other posts, now at least respected Bloomberg News puts international focus on two guys taking different sides on the sizzling core of a barrier to solar installations - the issue of net-metering regulations by public utilities.
Here in Arizona the AZ Corporate Commission recently got a lot of heat when investigative reporting threw some light on conflict-of-interests for some of the people who regulate the industry.
As recently as 08 Jan 2016 there was another post here reporting on investment tax credits ITC - Read it!
The report [and video] from Bloomberg is a must-watch to get information about two big boys in biz bucks and what side they are taking in what is turning out to be the usual battle of how innovation challenges entrenched power structures unless both can see benefits for their respective positions - and the customers' [that's a plural passive adjective, dear readers] interests and benefits need to get spoken up for and engaged in the power-play dynamics.


Here's a link from four days ago to Bloomberg's report about Elton Musk and Warren Buffett
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-01-28/musk-vs-buffett-a-solar-war-in-the-desert-heats-up


Here's a big map to show you how Sun-Rich Arizona & Mexico compare with other areas in the Southwest


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