SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
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SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
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Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#2So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment?
Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be employed. Nevada has been one of the most pro-solar states in the US, and what he is doing is political suicide.
Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#3So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment? Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be emplo…
The article said 550, where did you get the thousands figure? Is it from other solar companies? How many employees does NV Energy have and how many millions did they offer the state in discounts or whatever. It's unfortunate that they are working against solar, but I would be very surprised if this affair has a negative financial effect for Nevada in the short term.
edit: woops that's what I get for skimming too fast, thanks :)
Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#4So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment? Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be emplo…
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Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#5So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment? Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be emplo…
The article said 550, where did you get the thousands figure? Is it from other solar companies? How many employees does NV Energy have and how many millions did they offer the state in discounts or whatever. It's unfortunate that they are working against solar, but I would be very surprised if this affair has a negative financial effect for Nevada in the short term. edit: woops that's what I get for skimming too fast…
> Other Nevada solar companies with higher cost structures than SolarCity are expected to collectively lay off thousands of additional Nevadans in the coming months.
Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#6So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment? Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be emplo…
Nevada has had a Republican governor since 1999. Sandoval, the current governor, is in his second term, was reelected about year ago with 90% of the vote in the Republican primary and 70% of the vote in the general election, and currently has something like a 2/3 approval rating in state polls.
His Wikipedia page currently has one section which is a long hit piece written by pro-solar flacks, but that seems likely to be cleaned up as soon as other Wikipedia editors take notice. Other than that, I don’t see much evidence that he’s in any particular trouble.
“Political suicide” seems like a fairly dramatic exaggeration, unless you’re sitting on some information the rest of us don’t know about.
(Note: I think the Nevada Republican party is crazy, and am strongly pro-solar myself... but let’s not kid ourselves here.)
Edit: Sandoval’s statement about the SolarCity announcement, http://www.news3lv.com/media/lib/166/0/e/8/0e8f2127-0e76-464...
Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#7So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment? Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be emplo…
The article said 550, where did you get the thousands figure? Is it from other solar companies? How many employees does NV Energy have and how many millions did they offer the state in discounts or whatever. It's unfortunate that they are working against solar, but I would be very surprised if this affair has a negative financial effect for Nevada in the short term. edit: woops that's what I get for skimming too fast…
From the article, "Other Nevada solar companies with higher cost structures than SolarCity are expected to collectively lay off thousands of additional Nevadans in the coming months." That's probably where he is getting the thousands figure.
Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#8So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment? Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be emplo…
> Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be employed.
I have seen very little evidence that this is true, at least in the last 50 years or so. Sure, there are isolated recalls here and there, but the vast majority suffer no repercussions regardless of how they act.
A single vote every few years is a piss-poor way of making your voice heard, but it's what we have. The current state of affairs makes it seem clear that our system does not work well, regardless of what we were taught in Civics class.
Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#9This article seems to have a more thorough explanation:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-this-sunny-state-trying-...
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A little-understood billing mechanism called net metering is at the heart of the Nevada controversy.
Net metering means that residential and commercial solar customers are billed for their “net” energy consumption. They are allowed to send back to the grid the electricity their solar arrays generate when the supply outstrips demand -- such as during daytime hours, in the case of a home -- and take power from the grid when demand may exceed the system’s output -- such as at nighttime when all the lights are on, or during a cloudy spell.
It’s a system usually based on power-bill credits. How that quid-pro-quo works, varies from state to state and from utility to utility. In Nevada, the utility regulators have decided to pay lower, wholesale prices for that surplus power, not the higher, retail prices they had been paying.
California utility regulators evaluated a similar proposal, but decided against major changes. In Hawaii, regulators approved lower net metering rates, but not higher fees for the most part. Arizona and Wisconsin have imposed higher monthly surcharges for solar customers.
More worrying in Nevada’s case, however, is that regulators made no provision to grandfather in existing customers, said Shayle Kann, a senior vice president at GTM Research, a green-energy consulting firm.
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Re: SolarCity Will Eliminate Over 550 Job Due to State’s Anti-Rooftop Solar Decision
#10So, seeing as how the Governor of Nevada just cost thousands of citizens of his state their job, in an industry that is progressive and required for the survival of that state (and the nation as a whole), why has the state legislature not immediately begun impeachment? Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be emplo…
The article said 550, where did you get the thousands figure? Is it from other solar companies? How many employees does NV Energy have and how many millions did they offer the state in discounts or whatever. It's unfortunate that they are working against solar, but I would be very surprised if this affair has a negative financial effect for Nevada in the short term. edit: woops that's what I get for skimming too fast…
According to Wikipedia, NV Energy employs ~2500
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NV_Energy