What is the deal being negotiated between Solar Energy and Electricity companies?

"Mayes pointed to an agreement reached earlier this month between New York utilities and solar companies as a path to a permanent solution. That deal set up a transition from current models that pay rooftop solar customers full retail price for power they send back to the grid while keeping incentives in place." ("Deal ends fight between SolarCity and APS, for now", 28 Apr 2016, ABC 15)

I found this as the deal that was made in New York

"The proposal would have community solar customers receive full retail net metering credits, but they would be partly paid by developers. The proposal would also have behind-the-meter solar credited at the full retail rate until 2020, with possible exceptions for specific locations. Starting in 2020, net metering credits would go down for new solar users until they are equal to their value, as determined under the REV docket." ("NY utilities, solar companies propose transition away from retail net metering", Krysti Shallenberger Apr 20, 2016)

UPDATE 2017-08-16
“Grandfathered DG customers will continue to take service under full retail rate net metering,”
http://www.elp.com/articles/2017/03/aps-settlement-preserves-retail-net-metering-for-arizona-solar-power-customers.html

"5) Grandfathering. APS customers that file an interconnection application before a Decision is issued in this case shall be grandfathered for a period of twenty years, with the twenty year period beginning from the date the system is interconnected with APS. As contemplated in Decision No. 75859, grandfathered DG customers will continue to take service under full retail rate net metering and will continue to take service on their current tariff schedule for the length of the grandfathering period. which for APS are rate schedules E-12, ET-l. ET-2, ECT-l or ECT-2. In its next rate case, APS will propose that the rates on each of these legacy tariffs will be updated with an equal percent increase applied to every rate component equal to the residential average base rate increase approved."
http://docket.images.azcc.gov/0000177680.pdf

Demagogue

dem·a·gogue

ˈdeməˌɡäɡ/

a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

The Correlation Between Minimum Wage Increase and Youth Unemployment

From "The Correlation Between Minimum Wage Increase and Youth Unemployment" by Merrill Matthews, Mar 4, 2014

Minimum wage-increase critics assert that arbitrarily hiking the cost of labor has its largest negative impact on the least skilled workers, which tend to be younger people just entering the workforce. If that’s true, we should be able to see some correlation between U.S. minimum wage increases and a rise in youth unemployment—and we do.

The accompanying Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis graph tracks youth unemployment since 1970.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Congress increased the minimum wage, which had been $1.60, in 1974 ($2.00), 1975 ($2.10) and 1976 ($2.30). Congress skipped 1977 and started a run of four successive years: 1978 ($2.65), 1979 ($2.90). 1980 ($3.10) and 1981 ($3.35). Correspondingly, youth unemployment began rising in 1974.

The next minimum wage increase came in 1990 ($3.80) and 1991 ($4.25). You will see on the graph that youth unemployment starts to rise in 1990 and peaks around 1992.

There was a minimum wage increase in 1996 ($4.75) and 1997 ($5.15), but youth unemployment continued a several-year decline, making this increase the anomaly.

The last minimum wage increase came in 2007 ($5.85), 2008 ($6.55) and 2009 ($7.25), and so did an increase in youth unemployment.

Thus there is an identifiable correlation between minimum wage increases and rising youth unemployment. The 1996-7 anomaly is likely explained by strong economic growth, which can mitigate the damage normally caused by bad economic policies.

Interestingly, every recession since 1970—the gray areas in the chart—was preceded by a rise in youth unemployment. Indeed, rising youth unemployment looks like a leading indicator of a coming recession.

Now, correlation does not mean causation. There are a lot of factors that affect unemployment and recessions. But the minimum wage-increase/rising-unemployment correlation is so close that dismissing any connection, as Team Obama wants to do, is economic blindness or political spin.

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Character Development, Citizenship Training, And Personal Fitness

Sometimes we can get too caught up in the goal of helping every scout in our program to be an eagle scout. I think that this is a worthy goal. I long for the ideal where every boy scout earns his eagle rank in spirit and in deed.

If we focus on advancement to the exclusion of the other methods of scouting, we lose the spirit of scouting and I think lose the hearts of the boys who might catch the spirit of scouting.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. (Mark 8:35)

I choose to trust the aims and methods of scouting. I will learn and develop myself and our troop such that we use all the methods of scouting.

Making Sense of Marriage

I great, concise explanation of the two main views on marriage and why so often those from the two view talk past each other rather than understanding.



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