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It’s the mistaken time
to punish photo voltaic customers
Solar energy manufacturing in California is now at some extent the place it often exceeds the state’s electrical energy wants. In response, the California Public Utilities Fee (CPUC) is rewriting the phrases beneath which photo voltaic producers can function. Central to this train is the idea that residential photo voltaic producers are making electrical energy dearer for everybody else.
The argument goes that utility corporations have giant fastened prices (just like the mortgage on the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant) and that those that produce their very own energy aren't contributing. Who says they need to? Phone corporations even have giant fastened prices, but nobody has proposed a cellphone tax on those that drop their landlines.
Actually, declining profitability for the utilities comes not from some sneaky technique utilized by householders however as a substitute comes from rising competitors from photo voltaic and wind. The brand new photo voltaic laws (ie NEM 3.0) ought to mirror this actuality.
Marshal Merriam
San Jose
San Jose dragging
its toes on fixing lights
I've to say, street security for pedestrians is a joke in San Jose.
Each morning once I exit for a stroll, I've to take my life into my palms utilizing the crosswalk at Meridian and Husted. The lights over the crosswalk have been completely flashing, so the drivers appear to disregard them as they velocity throughout the intersection, even whereas I’m crossing. I’ve even seen some drivers velocity up whereas I’m crossing, generally within the lane simply over from me, blasting by the intersection prefer it’s the Indy 500.
Reaching out to town was useful to some extent, however I haven’t heard again in months on the plan to put in extra lights on the intersection. I don’t suppose I ought to must take my life into my palms for a stroll.
Samantha Denny
San Jose
Clear crimson tape for
protected ingesting water
In 2012, California was the primary state to legislate the correct to protected, clear, reasonably priced and accessible water. However our authorities has not invested within the infrastructure required to make that proper a actuality.
In 2014 the folks of California handed Proposition 1, allocating greater than $2 billion for water storage initiatives which have been unrealized. California is in disaster, notably in the midst of the state, the place tons of of 1000's of acres of farmland have gone fallow. Practically 1 million Californians have unsafe ingesting water from failing programs and “face an elevated threat of most cancers and liver and kidney issues.” That is unethical and unacceptable for a state with a big price range surplus.
Our elected officers should take away the crimson tape creating delays and transfer on infrastructure initiatives to retailer extra water throughout wet years and to handle the unsafe water in Central California communities.
Matthew Corridor
Santa Clara
Column misstated
Mueller’s Russia findings
Re. “How FBI blundered in going after Trump,” Web page A7, Aug. 11:
As soon as once more a conservative columnist within the Mercury Information has blatantly promoted a falsehood in an try to attain a political level.
Marc Thiessen, in an assault on the FBI for seizing proof from Donald Trump’s property, says Trump was cleared by the Mueller investigation of working with Russia in our 2016 election.
Really, Mueller stated, “if we had had confidence that the president clearly didn't commit a criminal offense, we might have stated so.”
How might an unbiased columnist get it so mistaken?
Clearly, Thiessen just isn't a supply price studying for proper info.
Fred J. Geiger
Santa Cruz
Trump’s lack of respect
for the legislation is on show
On Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump stated to his assembled followers in Washington, D.C., “Should you don’t combat like hell, you gained’t have a rustic anymore.” He was proper that this nation is price preventing for. The “combat” that was incited by his speech was, nonetheless, lawless, reckless and un-American.
In mild of the previous week’s authorized actions and violent and unlawful reactions, I might reiterate that for those who don’t have legal guidelines and respect for the legislation, “you gained’t have a rustic anymore.”
George Licina
Santa Rosa
You must look arduous
to seek out name for peace
In response to Ronna Devincenzi’s Letter of Aug. 7 (“Media ignores coronary heart of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech,” Web page A12), she supplies a very good instance of false equivalency.
Trump’s assertion on Jan. 6, “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” pales in influence to the 187 minutes he did nothing to guard the greater than 100 law enforcement officials injured. What Ronna neglected was that the opposite components of his 70-minute speech touted baseless conspiracy theories and incendiary speech corresponding to “combat like hell.” His one phrase “peaceable” had little influence given the totality of his speech.
Given Trump’s whole disregard for the reality, it’s a very good guess that a lot of the 74 million who watched didn’t imagine what he stated.
Jerry Zanzinger
Santa Cruz