Comments on: Dem Corporation Commission candidates question Republicans’ commitment to solar energy http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/10/26/dem-corporation-commission-candidates-question-republicans-commitment-to-solar-energy/ Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics Tue, 21 May 2013 00:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Wells http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/10/26/dem-corporation-commission-candidates-question-republicans-commitment-to-solar-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-78652 John Wells Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:52:26 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=52469#comment-78652 New Plant Electricity Cost - Natural Gas versus Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Solar http://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/new-plant-electricity-cost-natural-gas-versus-coal-nuclear-wind?commentId=2274639%3AComment%3A283665 Check the Chart for easy visual comparison. Data as of late spring--Nat. gas $.05/KwH and solar $.20/KwH. This is not to mention that solar can not produce the base load necessary to sustain a thriving economy unless you want to cover the area of the state of Maryland each year just to keep with increased demand. As is always the case, Mr. Stump is spot on. If the sun worshipers of the left get in, might as well put up signs at the state line telling commerce they can't afford to do business in AZ. That would be disaster! New Plant Electricity Cost – Natural Gas versus Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Solar

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Check the Chart for easy visual comparison. Data as of late spring–Nat. gas $.05/KwH and solar $.20/KwH. This is not to mention that solar can not produce the base load necessary to sustain a thriving economy unless you want to cover the area of the state of Maryland each year just to keep with increased demand. As is always the case, Mr. Stump is spot on. If the sun worshipers of the left get in, might as well put up signs at the state line telling commerce they can’t afford to do business in AZ. That would be disaster!

]]> By: Ladmobagparty http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/10/26/dem-corporation-commission-candidates-question-republicans-commitment-to-solar-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-78529 Ladmobagparty Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:35:36 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=52469#comment-78529 Stump's claim that Republicans have done more on solar than any other Commission in history is a hollow comparison: They were majority on the ONLY session that has done ANYTHING on solar... That means they were also the WORST IN HISTORY at bringing solar to Arizona. It's like saying "Evan Mecham was the best used car dealer turned impeached governor in Arizona history." You really can't say you were the "best" if you were the "only." Republicans been a lot less solar-friendly than our neighboring regulators in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Heck, even New Jersey is pushing harder for solar than Stump and the Republicans! If they'd listened to Arizonans and to the Democrats on the commission, they might have done a lot more to forward energy independence in Arizona. Stump’s claim that Republicans have done more on solar than any other Commission in history is a hollow comparison: They were majority on the ONLY session that has done ANYTHING on solar… That means they were also the WORST IN HISTORY at bringing solar to Arizona.

It’s like saying “Evan Mecham was the best used car dealer turned impeached governor in Arizona history.” You really can’t say you were the “best” if you were the “only.”

Republicans been a lot less solar-friendly than our neighboring regulators in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Heck, even New Jersey is pushing harder for solar than Stump and the Republicans!

If they’d listened to Arizonans and to the Democrats on the commission, they might have done a lot more to forward energy independence in Arizona.

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