The "cheap" electricity that Georgetown residents currently enjoy are possible because of the massive ongoing subsidies by the Federal Government extracted from all the US taxpayers.
But the idea that renewables are “cheap” is a lie and those on the left know it. Yet no one in the media ever challenges them. Let’s be clear about an economic reality that environmentalists have spent four decades trying to hide: Without massive government subsidies, there would be no wind or solar energy to speak of. They are complete creatures of government favoritism, and after 30 years we still can’t cut the umbilical cord.
For every dollar that coal and nuclear power receive, wind power gets almost $5 of subsidy and solar receives about $20. This does not even include the biggest subsidy of all: About half the states have renewable energy standards requiring utilities to buy 20 percent to 30 percent of their power from wind and solar regardless of the price. What other industry in America has that kind of golden parachute?
As mentioned in a previous post, renewable energy electric producers in Texas also receive relief from property taxes at the expense of all other local property taxpayers.
It's time to stop the subsidies!
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