Why net metering is so important.
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008South Carolina is one of the six states that is not allowing true net metering. We all know that we are going through an energy crises and our energy costs will only get more expensive.
When you think about the technology that is available today that could make any home a zero-energy-home, everyone should be asking the question “Why doesn’t South Carolina allow true net metering?”.
It is very hard for me to understand why South Carolina Republicans and Democrats alike are not supporting “true net metering”. After all, true net metering is not a government hand out, no need for a tax increase, just empowerment of the individual to make his own power.
Why are we all waiting for state owned utility, Santee Cooper, and our politicians to build expensive coal fired plants to control our energy when solar and wind are personal resources?
The US Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Homes research initiative is bringing a new concept to homebuilders across the United States. That is everywhere but South Carolina!
It’s not rocket science, we can develop and harness this ourselves for business, home, or school. Why wait and plan for South Carolina to enslave us with higher energy costs, we must demand that our state government give us the right to pay for and control our own energy for a change.
Someone should remind Santee Cooper that Einstein’s definition of insanity was “doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.”