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I am not surprised by this. It only makes sense to use the natural resources abundant in the area. In the SW desert of this country solar power is the logical choice when you have 300+ sunny days a year. Wind power makes sense in areas where the wind blows steady most of the year. In the NE where there are few sunny days and wind power is minimal but NG, coal, and oil are abundant and cheap the answer may be clean efficient fossil fuel plants. Instead of green power more stringent conservation on the use of energy may be the way to go. This is where are government struggles. They have same program for Main as they do Nevada when it comes to energy subsidies.
Problem is, in my state, the 2 utility companies have used dark money funding to purchase candidates to back for the Corporation Commission, which is the state regulator on utilities. And of course they rubber stamped both utilities adding all kinds of BS charges to solar customers. The utilities know that their days of gouging are coming to an end.