Big Power Fights Back Against Solar And Wind

An interesting article today on Grist. It seems that now that household solar is spreading and becoming more than just a novelty, utility monopolies are taking the threat to their business model seriously and devising ways to fight back.

Utilities in Wisconsin are raising the price for solar homes to connect to their electrical grid. A new law pushed by Oklahoma utility companies allows them to charge more to customers who also have solar or wind turbine generators. Arizona has passed a law to raise the property taxes of anyone leasing solar panels.

As the article states, welcome to the solar backlash. For more here's a link to the Grist article or you can check the other links that I've included.