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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I'm not seeing the problem here. Solar paneled people needed to think about the long term and understand there was no way the US or DC was going to be able to implement this long term. We just don't have the infrastructure and moreover, there is a looming recession so logically the city's needs come before a few dozen people. [/quote]

If you don't see a problem you either don't understand what the Mayor is intending or you don't care about renewable energy. The Mayor is essentially raiding a fund that is meant to support renewable energy in DC. Therefore, that fund will not be able to support such projects. She is using that money to pay the District's energy bill. She is then redirecting funds that are now used to incentivize private renewable energy projects such as home solar panels to the fund that she is raiding. The damage to renewable energy is multifaceted:

1) it halts the District's support for green energy;
2) removes incentives for private solar which is being installed by homes, churches, businesses, etc.
3) allows energy suppliers to meet their renewable energy commitments without actually supporting renewable energy.
4) the District will actually end up paying more for electricity. But it will just be funded by the energy suppliers themselves.

This is well beyond "a few dozen people". I have no idea where you arrived at that number. It will do tremendous damage to the entire renewable energy landscape in DC.
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