Delwin Delwin:
Solar panels do not function as well in extreme heat. A sunny day at 25C is optimal, anything above that and the panel loses efficiency. A sunny day in the Canadian winter could offer more energy than a sunny day at 45C in the Mojave desert
That true about the loss of solar panel efficiency in extreme heat. However I think that the greater amount of sunny days in the Mohave desert vs. Canada was the deciding factor in the solar industries decision to concentrate their efforts for rooftop panels in the Mohave desert. That and the outrageous electric bill during the extremely long and hot summer in the desert. Someone with $450 dollar electric bills in the summer is going to be more motivated to install solar panels than someone who does not even own an air conditioner.
What is upsetting me about this story is how the public utilities commissions are not representing the people. They are a government agency. They are supposed to be looking out for the best interests of the citizens, not rubberstamping demands from the huge monopoly utility companies that they are supposed to be keeping in check. In the link that I posted they stated that the public utilities commission passed the measure with a vote of 3 to 0. Three people made this decision? Only three people gets to pass a resolution that screws thousands of homeowners, lays off thousands of workers, and kills off an entire industry. Seriously? Three people? How is that democracy? How is that government of the people, by the people, for the people? These types of decisions should be made by elected officials in the State house who are held accountable by the voters, not political hacks who are juiced into no show jobs by their connections (as in fuck up relatives who cannot keep a job in the private sector).
I read somewhere today that public officials in Michigan are being criminaly charged for the lead contamination cluster fuck. That is the type of response I would like to see in Nevada and Arizona. Criminally investigate these people. Audit their finances. I guarantee these people are living beyond their means. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am no conspiracy nut job. I do not spend my time talking about chemtrails or false flag operations. But I am stating here for the record that these decisions in Nevada and Arizona ARE fraud. These (few people) on these commissions are being paid off by the utility companies in one way or another to kill the solar industry. I live in Nevada and I have yet to meet one person (other than NV Energy spokesmen) who agrees with this decision. We have lost jobs. We have lost tax base. We were on pace to be at the forefront in solar tech. innovation, manufacturing, and installation for North America. Three people get to hold a closed door vote to kill all that? I call major bullshit and then some. The power companies know that if they can cut off the head of the industry in its hometown (where they concentrate the majority of their efforts), the rest of the industry will die without a fight. All those jobs lost. All those manufacturing and installation companies that were welcomed with open arms a few years ago, now being shown the door. All those homeowners screwed by the power company stealing their power (power the homeowner paid out of pocket to produce). All of this has happened because of three people. Three people I never voted for, or against. How fucked up is that?