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Energy Co-op Brings Power to the People
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Posted by Films For Action on Apr. 7, 2009
28 min - Peak Moment TV - 1394 Views
What if a community owned its electric utility cooperatively, rather than paying a for-profit company? Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative could be a model. Energy Services manager Jessica Nelson describes how this locally owned, democratically governed non-profit serves the good of the community. Besides lower rates, customers benefit from incentives to conserve electricity, install geothermal heating/cooling systems, and solar panels (photovoltaics). The coop’s dream? To not only distribute power but to generate it — through a wind turbine project.
Subjects: community, solutions, energy
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