Thanks, Willie. Why did Bill Sandifer back this bill?
Willie,
This is an open letter to Representative Sandifer, who has recently presented House Bill H5045 to committee. Everyone in our state needs to know what a terrible idea is presented in this bill and should write or call in a polite — but strong —way to let him know our energy needs should be looking toward a clean and affordable future. Please, Rep. Sandifer, do not continue to hold South Carolinians hostage to your idea of energy’s future. You were instrumental in bringing about the nuclear energy disaster the whole state will have to pay for. This was to promote a type of energy that is detrimental to the future of all living things in South Carolina and is an energy idea of the past. You and those involved with passing the Base Load Review Act should be doing everything in your power to help provide South Carolina with energy that will be clean and affordable. I know that does not suit many representatives and senators whose campaign war chests are padded with the money of gas and oil producers. We must look to the future. Solar and wind are very feasible in this state. If the solar and wind industry could provide as many lobbyists and campaign contributions, government officials would be helping them out in any way possible. In the future they will be, especially when coal, oil and natural gas are used up or not cost effective to exploit, and the atmosphere and climate are becoming unfit for living creatures. Thank you all for listening.
Willie says:
Thanks for bringing this horrible bill to my readers’ attention. In The State I found out that “H.5045 put forward by Rep. Bill Sandifer strips away the liberty of consumers in order to protect utility profits. Currently, consumers in every state have the right through net metering to install and use the power they generate on their own property to reduce the amount of electricity they have to purchase from the utility. Sandifer’s bill compels solar customers in South Carolina to either sell none of their self-generated power to the utility or else sell every bit of it, and at an unfairly low rate. Putting up new barriers against solar investment with H.5045 would be bad news for South Carolina’s consumers and its economy alike. Nearly 3,000 South Carolinians are already working in our growing solar sector. These hardworking men and women are harnessing local sunshine to provide for their families and building a safer, more secure energy future for all of us.” Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article206489924.html#storylink=cpy
The Journal, Seneca, SC
April 11, 2018
