So I was invited to a United Power dog and pony show to receive indoctrination on the new demand rate electricity pricing scheme. It didn’t go well. The prevalent corporate attitude seems to be Solar is bad and battery storage is not a priority. All these people seemed to want to do was argue about why their bill is too high and who is going to pay how much for electricity. I left them with a couple things to think about before the fisticuffs started.
It doesn’t take a big leap of faith to speculate on the background of this monumental scam. Most of the board members and other high-ranking cooperative people are business owner-operators in the local community – businesses operating primarily during the week in daylight hours. What better way to minimize the impact of increasing electricity prices on themselves? Should make for some interesting conversation when questions about conflict of interest come up at the right/wrong places/times.