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Help pass GA Senate Bill 401 to facilitate distributed power cogeneration
SB 401 intends to modernize Georgia law to make distributed power generation easier. You can help. Drs Sidney Smith and Pat Godbey not only have started Tabby Power, which sells solar power directly to...
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Stop Georgia Power from stopping you from affording solar
Why can’t you do this? Say you own a coffee shop. You’d like to install solar panels on your roof but can’t afford them. A company offers to install and lease you the equipment, provided you sign a...
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Georgia Power opposes SB 401 and Lower Rates for Customers
Is anyone surprised that Georgia Power has come out in opposition to Georgia SB 401, which will let you generate solar power and sell it to whomever you like? If you do want to do that, you can call...
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Can you imagine the power company coming and cutting our power off? —Dr....
Dr. Smith speculated that Georgia Power might try to stop solar installations like the one he just opened in Richmond Hill last Friday. But can you imagine the power company coming and cutting our...
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SB 401 revived in SB 459: lets you generate and sell solar power
SB 401 got tabled in the Natural Resources Committee. 46 other states already let people generate solar power and sell it to a third party. Yet in only four states — Georgia, Florida, North Carolina...
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Cutting the solar ribbon in Richmond Hill 2012 02 17
Drs. Sidney Smith and Pat Godbey and their customer cut the solar ribbon in Richmond Hill, Georgia, 17 Febuary 2012: To commemorate the future of power in Georgia and the future for our children. I...
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Enabling a commodity market in solar power: Dr. Smith’s electric meters
Dr. Smith’s electric meters enable a commodity market in solar power, with billing from generators to customers. And EMCs can take 1% or so for carrying the power, plus they can get advertising rights...
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Why and how you can help bring solar power to Georgia
Foot-dragging utilities have stalled SB 401, which would facilitate generating and selling of solar power in Georgia. Here’s why and how you can help fix that. John Sibley wrote for SaportaReport...
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30 Megawatt solar plant opens near Austin
While Georgia Power continues to block solar deployment in Georgia, Austin Energy forges ahead in Texas with a utility-scale solar plant. Here’s their PR, Austin Energy Activates 30 MW Solar Farm,...
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TV station gets it: Territoriality Law prevents solar in Georgia
Local TV is getting it about solar in Georgia, and what’s holding it back! WSBTV.com posted 20 November 2012, Georgia law keeps power customers from saving with solar energy Supporters say it could...
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