Salvisa , KY .
I retired fromJelitto Perennial Seedslast calendar month , and it ’s been cold and gray in Kentucky ever since .
I ’m itching for spring .
Salvisa, KY.
I have to be picky about my newfound spare fourth dimension . I ’m poring over ejaculate and plant catalogs — a fun winter rite — and I do n’t require to be drag in up in political science when the Cercis canadensis bloom . I take to be quick to establish penstemons and phlox in Salvisa .
But see what I ’ve gotten myself into .
Politics make my pedigree boil .
Mayfield, KY. Solar Energy Solutions photo.
Mayfield , KY . Solar Energy Solutions photo .
Here , at plate , the Kentucky House Natural Resources and Energy Committee lapse legislating last hebdomad that couldcripple Kentucky ’s solar energy growth .
business organisation groups such as Greater Louisville , Inc.(GLI)and theKentucky Chamber of Commercehave advocate strongly in support of HB 227 — a beak that may jeopardize many of the guess 1,200 solar jobs in Kentucky .
Louisville, KY.
GLI and the Kentucky Chamber reside within a closed loop . You scratch my back ; I ’ll scratch yours . They are forsaking potential job personnel casualty with their support of HB 227 . In this case , it ’s downright peculiar that they do n’t worry about job going .
Kentucky want a secure energy infrastructure , but there ’s no need to make solar power under the bus . Solar should be a partner in chore development , provide deconcentrate , and secure , energy production .
Louisville , KY .
Simpsonville, KY. Solar Energy Solutions photo.
House members set about to stir up a rural - urban watershed . Some contended that most of the solar installations are in larger urban center . That ’s not true , allot to Steve Ricketts , collaborator with Solar Energy Solutions , the state ’s largest solar installer . Seventy percent of their jobs have been outside Bowling Green , Lexington and Louisville .
How can anyone — or any group — be so afraid of science , truth and the power of the sunshine ?
Simpsonville , KY . Solar Energy Solutions photo .
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum. Benham, KY. EKB photo.
in private generated solar bring home the bacon 0.00009 % ( 1/10,000th ) of Kentucky ’s power motive — not much of a current wallop , and certainly not a scourge . Yet there is a horse sense of importunity to cut solar off at the pass . ( There are an estimated 1200 Kentucky residences with solar panel . )
At least one usefulness company sees a way out of the dependence on fossil fuels.(Take government note , GLI and Kentucky Chamber of Commerce . )
The sunlight make so much sensory faculty . The satellite is 93 million miles away and wirelessly cede vigour to Kentucky in nine second — free of billing !
Hopkinsville, KY. Solar Energy Solutions photo.
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum . Benham , KY . EKB exposure .
loose and naughty , according to some warped sensibility .
The uppity — and mostly rural — solar fiefdom is a bur in the side of the politically powerful usefulness monopolies . House Bill 227 is meant to punish solar Energy Department , just when it appears“renewable energy might be unstoppable . ”
The public utility accentuate that possessor of solar office are getting a free ride and are being unfairly subsidized for the excess power they create . All other utility program customer are covering the toll of the solar elite , they argue .
Meanwhile , everyKentucky utility customer is footing the bill for the dreary suit that cast the trading floor in the Capitol Annex , lobbying for the utility company .
Hopkinsville , KY . Solar Energy Solutions photo .
HB 227 will be up for a full family voting soon . A numeral of the 16 proposed amendments seek a fair compromise that would provide fair compensation for the value of the homeowner ’s solar vim as well as fair coverage ( operating and capital expenses ) for the usefulness companies .
Why stultify Kentucky ’ solar energy future ?
Why venture Kentucky jobs ?
Do n’t dip the sun .
If you are a Kentuckian , please call the Kentucky State Capitol at 800 - 372 - 7181 . say the friendly operator you are opposed to HB 227 . It will take only 2 instant .
