... feed-in tariffs are common to feed-in tariffs for utility scale windfarms and feed-in tariffs for household scale power sell back to utilities.

The state cannot impose a rate above avoided cost, and as presently interpreted, that rules out a life of project rate guarantee.

Only a small change would be required to permit states to adopt competitive feed-in tariffs, which would leave tax credits or portfolio standards for pushing the scale of various sustainable renewable power sources up to cost competitive levels.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.