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08-13-2009, 03:59 PM
As Scientific American’s George Musser knows, installing solar panels on your roof is a lot easier – and cheaper – said than done. Now, if a Colorado power company has its way, solar aficionados are going to have to start shelling out even more dough to be hooked into the power grid.
Xcel Energy has proposed charging a new fee to customers who install solar systems after April 2010, the Denver Post reports . The fee would be linked to the home’s electricity consumption and help the company maintain its aging power grid.
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Xcel Energy has proposed charging a new fee to customers who install solar systems after April 2010, the Denver Post reports . The fee would be linked to the home’s electricity consumption and help the company maintain its aging power grid.
[More] (http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=colorado-power-company-wants-to-rat-2009-07-30)
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