http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/05/november-5th-local-power-line/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/05/november-5th-local-power-line/#comment-190175 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58608#comment-190175 My experience has been with ballot measures to be very careful. The vested interests will couch the measure in such terms that you actually think you are voting for the complete opposite of what you think the measure means. This is where money is needed to explain to the average voter what the measure really means. One of the best ways to do this is to reveal to the public who really is buying the advertising. This can be hard because the vested interests will create some sort of entity that many times starts out as, “Citizens for…”.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/05/november-5th-local-power-line/#comment-190166 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:14:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58608#comment-190166 I hope Boulder wins (I dropped some money into the campaign). But it will not be the last fight Xcel. Xcel has a lot of money in coal. The fastest way to solve this is to do to power what we did to Ma-Bell. Split power generation(Gen) from distribution(Dist) and do not allow cross ownership. If on board or in management (above team leader) of Gen then can not own/consult/work for Dist (same other way). If you break the rule it isn’t jail time it is 5 * large comp package in last 10 years plus 5*all stock holding in gen and distribution. Not sure how long distance transmission is split out. Extreme? yes, but so was breaking Ma-Bell. Remember it was going to be the end of the world.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/05/november-5th-local-power-line/#comment-190161 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:45:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58608#comment-190161 Good for Boulder.

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