Comments on: The Politics Of Power Is Electrifying https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/ A different slant on the news. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: The connections https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111789 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:36:58 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111789 It’s just that the connections are with oil companies. Please write about this. The solar co. is actually an oil co., right?

]]> By: Aquarius https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111788 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:16:36 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111788 What destruction of freedom and standard of living are you having Greenberry?

More severe hurricanes. People in the Gulf Coast really ARE having destruction.
More severe drought. Farmers in the SW really ARE experiencing a loss of production.

More fire, drought, flooding, and actual LOSS of life.

But it is cool to know you and your Neighbor know more than the scientists at NASA. People on the Right used to think Earth is flat.

EDITOR NOTE–Flat earth society has offices all AROUND the world. 🙂

]]> By: Aquarius https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111787 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:10:54 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111787 Matt,
Step1. I build a 50megawatt solar farm and connect it to Idaho Power
Step2. I use less than 50megawatts (from Idaho Power) in my facilities.

Is “my use” plus positive to renewable power?

]]> By: Greenberry Haggin 1755 https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111786 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:30:42 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111786 The whole global warming thing is just a lie to justify the continued destruction of your freedoms and standard of living.

]]> By: Matt https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111784 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:22:50 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111784 I question if you can guarantee that the power you sign up for is in fact clean. From Idaho Powers website it says “Sign up for as much renewable energy as you like. Match your exact energy use each month for an extra penny per kilowatt-hour ” Are they double dipping on giving people ‘renewable’ energy? Kinda like fractional banking? I think that is @concerned Neighbor’s ‘accounting trick’

]]> By: She deduced it for we the stupid people https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111779 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:09:50 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111779 On the road to California

]]> By: Concerned Neighbor https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111778 Sat, 14 Oct 2023 01:58:05 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111778 Marxist McLean is wasting tax dollars to pay extra for dirty solar. It’s an accounting trick on the power side and political trick to get the contracts locked in before she gets kicked out of office.
Take a hard look at Europe’s disaster in switching to more polluting more expensive less reliable energy such as solar/wind. They are telling people not to use heat in winter. How many civilians will that kill? They have to bring coal back because they shut down their clean nuclear reactor. Insane.

]]> By: Bikeboy https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111776 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:41:50 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111776 I always think the same thing when I see companies boasting of being “100% Carbon Neutral.” What does that mean? It’s catchy, and apparently it’s something their customer base might find appealing – but there’s no way to prove or disprove it. There are 100 different ways to slice-n-dice “statistics.” (Mark Twain was right about a lot of things, including statistics!)

EDITOR NOTE–California power providers love to take credit for “clean energy” when they buy hydroelectricity from Idaho and the Northwest. Credit for that power reduces their “guilt” for burning fossil fuels.

]]> By: Aquarius https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111774 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:59:42 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111774 Their Clean Energy Your Way is a future program.
Crazy that the Guardian is so politically bias about it.

If I build a 50megawatt solar farm, pump it to IP as required and I use 48megawatts at my facility, AM I not net zero? I built and inputted the same I consume.

From IdahoPower (instead of political junk).
Construction Option (coming soon!)
A partnership with large commercial customers.

Partner with Idaho Power on a new, dedicated renewable energy resource to meet your specific sustainability goals. You’ll get credit for the additional value the resource brings to our system, but Idaho Power will manage it on your behalf. The resource is tailored to your specific hourly energy needs with Idaho Power continuing to serve as your reliable energy provider.
https://www.idahopower.com/energy-environment/green-choices/proposed-clean-energy-your-way/

]]> By: Aquarius https://boiseguardian.com/2023/10/12/the-politics-of-power-is-electrifying/#comment-111773 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:51:59 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=20367#comment-111773 sounds like your beef is with Idaho Power- not the Mayor’s office.

The title made me think the article was going to be about Idaho Powers VP of Public affairs (government relations) pulling in over 1million in compensation – and higher power rates.

https://www1.salary.com/IDACORP-INC-Executive-Salaries.html

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