
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">So Todd,<div class="">What part of the idea or premise that an industry which produces, distributes and sells electric energy to end users at great profit, in PG&E's case at least, desires to exclude self generators from their grid and plans, lobbies and in fact conspires with other industry stakeholders to tilt the ground rules in their favor by way of the CA PUC is ”IDIOTIC”?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To think an investor owned utility selling energy to end users is not working to limit those same end users from benefiting from self generation is naive at least. Or even idiotic maybe.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can you further define what part of this idea is idiotic vs rational on the utilities part to limit self generation?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I understand this topic is not specific to wrenching and may not belong on this list but given that getting interconnection agreements seems to be critical to the list it may be a topic worth considering.</div><div class="">Respectfully</div><div class=""><br class=""><div style="font-size: 14px;">Wallace Stahle</div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Future Electric Energy Co</div><div style="font-size: 14px;">PO Box 236</div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Willits, CA 95490</div><div style="font-size: 14px;">707-459-0474</div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Lic.#C10-762093</div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:future@pacific.net" class="">future@pacific.net</a></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></div>

<div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 18, 2025, at 9:38 AM, Todd Cory via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><font face="georgia" size="4" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><strong class="">Can we please keep these idiotic conspiracy theories off this list.</strong></span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><strong class="">Thank you...<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></strong></span><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 7:13am, "Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> said:<br class=""><br class=""></div>

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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Hi David,</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">RSS is no mistake. The War on Solar is real. Due to a recent computer crash, I am having problems finding my links documenting the intentional attack on PV from the Koch Brothers and the utility industry in general. I will check on another computer that may still have the information. It is at a different location.</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">I went on the Wrench list with my concerns when this was first proposed, until I was told to stop. Individual homeowner solar is viewed as a big problem for utility profits. There are other ways to safeguard firefighters. </span><br class=""><br class="">

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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Cheers,</span></div>

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