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Date: Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:06 AM<br>Subject: Does Your Community Export Energy? Here's One That Will<br>To: <a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia">Does
Your Community Export Energy? Here's
One That Will</span>
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By John Robb
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<font size="3">Here's a question to get
you thinking about something other than
the return of terrorism.</font>
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<font size="3">It's similar to a
question�<a href="https://cs962.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/9212/4025feb568ed57c1/1935084/1cc84b4e5ad24561" target="_blank">that I've asked before</a>.</font>
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<font size="3"><strong>Is your community
an energy exporter?</strong></font>
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<font size="3">Seems ludicrous, doesn't
it? �It isn't. �It's a very
serious question.</font>
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<font size="3">Your community
<em>should</em> be exporting energy. �The
technology and the economics are now
favorable for it.</font>
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<font size="3">So, if your community
isn't, it's time to change that.</font>
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<font size="3">Here's an example of one
way to do it.</font>
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<font size="3"><strong>Lancaster</strong></font>
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<font size="3">There's a small city in
California called Lancaster.
�They've got a dynamic mayor
that's geared up to do something to reverse
his community's slide into economic
oblivion (a trend across the US and
Europe).</font>
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<font size="3">To do that, he's turning
Lancaster into an energy exporter.
�They are installing inexpensive solar panel systems all over the city.
Further, every new home built must
produce <em>at least</em> a kW of solar
power. ��
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<font size="3">They didn't do this
overnight. �The effort started three
years ago with some pilot projects
-- city hall, churches, and local businesses
-- that yielded experience and good
results.</font>
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<font size="3">The most recent
project was the installation of over 32,000
panels on the city's 25 schools.
Together they generate 7.5 megawatts of power.
�Here's a picture of a
Lancaster school with solar panel carports (they
found that these were much easier
to install inexpensively than rooftop systems
on old construction).</font>
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<font size="3"><a href="https://cs962.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/9214/6a7add944dd36b9c/1935084/1cc84b4e5ad24561" target="_blank"><img alt="Lancaster Schools" height="287" width="232"></a></font>
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<font size="3">To drive down costs,
the city created a municipal power company
called the�<a href="https://cs962.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/9216/7f7af1a1f2f5d4eb/1935084/1cc84b4e5ad24561" target="_blank">Lancaster
Power Authority</a>.�A municipal utility
allows the city to negotiate
aggressively with solar equipment vendors and
service providers.</font>
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<font size="3">The utility also
serves as a new business incubator to help
entrepreneurs with innovative ways
to generate solar power get the support and
help they need to prototype
it.</font>
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<font size="3">The way things are
going right now, Lancaster will soon be sell
more electricity to neighbors than
it uses. �Also, given the scale
involved, I suspect Lancaster will
be able to extract premium pricing as a
power producer long term (solar
power can sell at a premium price many times
what it retails for when it
coincides with peak usage periods).</font>
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<font size="3">This is just one
approach, but I hope it gives you some ideas
for how to build a community that
can power itself forward.</font>
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<font size="3">Yours,</font>
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<font size="3">�</font>
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<font size="3">JOHN ROBB</font>
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<font size="3"><a href="https://cs962.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/9218/829d4427e947b202/1935084/1cc84b4e5ad24561" target="_blank"><img alt="JR Small" height="266" width="150"></a></font>
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<font size="3">PS: �If you like
thinking at the global level, here's
something to think about:
�There are 2 ways to save the world. � A)
reduce/cut back or B) produce more
locally. �One works, the other doesn't.
�One creates a vibrant and
dynamic future that will be widely adopted, the
other doesn't/won't.</font>
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<font size="3">Hint: �People
that produce more locally tend to use less of
everything they produce. �Why?
�They appreciate it more.</font>
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