SMH... They have already made some headway in this foolishness via a regulatory capture of the PRCs in some states. They have to move quietly for now because even their usual benighted base is for cheaper energy and personal energy independence.

thinks they're entitled to people's money & that state governments are actually going along with it. It makes no sense whatsoever to penalize people for NOT buying what you're selling, because it assumes that you're entitled to a certain amount of business. You'd think that the laissez-faire crowd would be in favor of letting the market determine the fate of gas & electric companies, just like any other business that is losing customers. That's their basic idea, right? When a product or service is no longer in demand, it should be allowed to disappear from the market and no one should be punished for not wanting it anymore. It's insane that these companies are getting away with this shit in the United States of all places. Just one more example of "conservative" hypocrisy, I guess.

It makes no sense whatsoever to penalize people for NOT buying what you're selling, because it assumes that you're entitled to a certain amount of business.

Have you heard of the Affordable Care Act? Perfectly ordinary.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Not to mention individual freedom of choice.

They want monopolized captive markets with non-negotiable prices that guarantee their obscene profits.

I way behind on my buggy-whip taxes. After all, given the mind-set of the Koch/Walton bunch, suppliers are ENTITLED to continued, unchanging, uninterrupted business or the consumer must pay the consequences.

I find it amusing that the RWNJs want to rely on the "free market" until the free market doesn't want to continue buying or paying for their goods/services. And they seen no inconsistency in this position.

for interfering in the free market process. They must be ready to go all the way
to the supreme court.......Southern poverty law group maybe...

for the TTP/TTIP.

Fasten yer seat belts, folks, this will get ugly.

The Kochsuckers and Waltonians are in for a nasty tee-ta-tee. Question is, which group(s) are throwing down the gauntlet against these robber barons ALEC lovers?

You mean "Tete-a tete".

Tee-ta-tee doesn't mean anything.

And FWIW, they aren't "in for a nasty" tete a tete' unless just one of the Waltons and one of the Kochs are going to be the only ones in the room.

Before I get accused of being a "grammar Nazi", let me just say that spelling out "tee-ta-tee" makes DU look silly.

Which resource is next to be dubbed the domain of the 'freerider'? Air? A view of the sky? Rain?
(well, already rain in some places.....sigh)

Rec. Important story, thanks for posting!!

"Waltons are giving lobbyist organizations million$ to attack renewable energy."

We Need to SEE this.^^^ How can we stop them???

about the new solar cell technology. Other magazines talked about wind power, and how to build your own from a car alternator. I fully expected by the time I was my current age for power to be generated differently, for cars to be powered by something other than gasoline.

I guess I can "thank" the Koch's and Walton's for slowing and stopping that progress. Our media is claiming the Chinese hurt the domestic solar industry. BS. If the likes of big money business as usual, currently represented by the avatars known as Koch and Walton, hadn't thrown in roadblocks, our domestic clean energy industry would be mature, instead of fledgling.

It is rather ironic the Chinese took advantage of a capitalistic opportunity and outmaneuvered the U.S. industry. Instead of directing our ire at the Chinese, we should be directing it to Koch's and Walton's. They are the true enemies of American industry.

Time for a 100% income tax for the super rich? Maybe we should be empathic and make it only a 99% tax, for these super-rich folks who use their money to undermine our government and airwaves and corrupt our legislators with their economic perversions.

they have the best government money can buy.

they are too irresponsible to have that much control over our country. How much more do they want? When is it ever enough for these too rich to exist thugs? They resort to bribing off the government so they can steal more from us.

When are enough people gonna wake up and demand an end to this?

Wal-Mart was the beginning of the downfall of the middle class.

if you are still plugged into the public grid, lets face it if everyone moved to Solar we would still want the security of knowing there was a power company available if needed. If everyone moved to solar the power company would not be able to maintain their infrastructure and would eventually be out of business, then you would be SOL if you have problems with your solar power.