Comments on: City Commissioners to Vote on Powering City Facilities with Solar https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/ Online News Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jon https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-250212 Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:37:30 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-250212 Lexie, how about an update on this story and TLH solar in general? Are they delivering what they promised?

]]> By: Mike https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-207890 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:29:48 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-207890 If this is really what they want, then the City Commissioners need to pay the $440,000.00 premium each and every year, not the local tax payers or utility customers.

]]> By: News Maven https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-207778 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:56:59 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-207778 In reply to Richard Cheese.

Spot on, Richard.
The solar is fed into the grid.
It does NOT go directly to the premium-paying “marks”…I mean subscribers. Not without a direct wire, which would be an astronomical expense.
It’s just a marketing scheme, preying on the clueless local green wannabes.
I’d love to know exactly where the power actually gets used (probably TLH, and nearby businesses/residences.) But the city would never tell.
And what happens when the panels stop working? Who will pay for that?

]]> By: Jon https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-207741 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:54:12 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-207741 Its marketing. The solar power is mixed in with the gas power. EVERYONE will be solar powered. Some people will just pay more for it.

]]> By: TONY https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-207733 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:36:43 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-207733 I thought Local Government is supposed to try to SAVE Money, NOT waste it. The City should NOT get on Solar until it becomes CHEAPER to do so since it is the TAX PAYERS paying for it.

]]> By: Thomas Ferrell https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-207701 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:58:17 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-207701 Waste of money. The Committee is falling victim to the great solar scam….solar panels only last 15 years and must be replaced….Los of $$. The panels are obviously subject to hail and hurricane damage. Insurance companies will not insure the roof of a house with solar and it is a reasonable assumption that they would not insure solar fields . The materials used in photovoltaic cells are toxic (for you “green” people).

]]> By: Richard Cheese https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-207698 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:55:00 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-207698 No they are not telling the entire story. They also used out of state and out of the USA based companies to build the airport solar farms instead of local solar companies. Not a very smart move if you really want to be a top renewable energy city that helps build this new industry with local talent and local companies with roots in the area. The solar subscriptions are a scam and they know it. Unless they run dedicated wiring from the solar farms to each subscribers home or business they won’t get just solar produced electricity. The solar farm power output is combined with the existing fossil fuel powered City generators and all of it gets sent over the same existing power lines. So they are taking federal solar tax credits they are not eligible for to build these farms by using PPAs, misleading citizens while charging them a premium for something they really don’t get, snubbing their noses at local solar companies that provide lots of jobs and training, and simultaneously trying to discourage the use of privately owned solar with misleading solar subscriptions. It’s all about power, money and trying to keep the cash cow electric utility monopoly in place. If you really want to be sure you get solar, help the environment and get electric bill freedom for life, install your own solar power system on your own property. That is the only true way to become “your own utility” and be certain you are producing and using solar energy. I assure you the sunlight is just as powerful at your house as it is at the City solar farms. Privately owned solar has never been more efficient and more cost effective. More solar is good no matter where it is or what it helps power, but the city subscriptions are nothing more than a “monopoly utility protection project” disguised in a really deceptive. Don’t fall for it citizens of Tallahassee.

]]> By: Anon https://tallahasseereports.com/2020/02/09/city-commissioners-to-vote-on-powering-city-facilities-with-solar-power/#comment-207674 Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:40:53 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=212476#comment-207674 I don’t see a benefit to doing this. It costs the taxpayers nearly half a million dollars but does it reduce grab house gases? I suspect they aren’t telling us the full story.

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