Philip Wight

@carl_lenox I've had similar problems with my Rheem HPWH. Very disappointing.

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@Alaska213 I disagree with the policy approach here but I appreciate that you've thought about this and have some ideas. We certainly need to be wise in how our country spends and invests our money.

@PhilWight The Dept of Education in its entirety. That would save cash. Leave Ed to the states. There are hundreds if not thousands of federally originated grants w/ strings attached that local jurisdictions view as free money. Reduce those. Go 2a flat 2% fed income tax. Trim down the IRS.

Big news for Interior Alaska: GVEA has been awarded $100 million for a 16 MW solar farm in Nenana (it will be the largest in Alaska), transmission upgrades & a large battery to regulate wind & solar. This will displace a lot of oil & help stabilize rates gvea.com/news-releases/…

@username_eunik @pegharpham1 Falsehoods all around. Grid tied solar exists in all 50 states. And the costs of energy sources are well documented. Coal is anything but cheap, both for your wallet and public health: lazard.com/media/xemfey0k…

@PhilWight @pegharpham1 Wow you are uniformed LMAO. Solar cannot exist at scale without storage. This whole thread is based on an article that includes the millions needed for the storage in addition to the actual solar panels. Furthermore coal comes in at a quarter of the price of solar/storage.

@username_eunik @pegharpham1 The life of a solar array is warranted for 25 years but they typically last much longer. Solar is the cheapest every source invented by humans. You can go burn rocks but the rest of us want a liveable planet

@pegharpham1 @PhilWight No no no! Don't you realize that if someone else. (You through federal taxes) Pays for the capitol costs it saves you money! Except for when you need to replace it in 10-20 years. Oh and it's 3-6x as much as coal could be if deregulated.

@pegharpham1 BS. Your electric bill has not gone up 700% in the past 15 years. That means if you paid $50 in 2008 it'd be $400 today. chena.org/utilities/unof…

@Alaska213 Which government service that you rely on would you like to cut?

@PhilWight As the federal government sinks deeper and deeper into debt we keep on lapping up these federal funds without blinking an eye. Nobody can say no anymore. If GVEA is awarded 100 M fine. But take 100 M from someplace else in the budget 1st. What’s the debt? 36 trillion or so?

@rickc137129 Spring has the highest yearly production in Fairbanks due to albedo

@PhilWight My company did a study on solar couple years ago and summer was good. Winter fall and spring the amount of land needed was insane

"The announcement comes about a year after the administration announced $11 billion in IRA funds to boost rural renewables... which the administration said would be the largest cash injection into rural electrification since the New Deal of the 1930s."

Useful additional context on the federal funding announced yesterday: "The two largest awards will go to battery energy storage systems in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Soldotna Substation in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, both of which will receive $100 million." thehill.com/policy/energy-…

@johnw612 Yes absolutely. I imagine cooperation with ANCs gave the project a competitive advantage. To my knowledge we have not seen this often in the past, so could be a fruitful new direction

@rickc137129 Yep Sun doesn't shine at all up here

@PhilWight Haha solar in northern alaska hahaha displace rates.

@pegharpham1 A fair amount of inflationary pressure on rates comes from the variability of fuel sources like oil. The more oil we can displace the better for rates and rate stability

@realmsnatalie Wait are you serious? Like the panels won't make any electrons in winter? What about a night? First I've heard of this

@PhilWight Me watching how this goes this winter:

An energy-rich future is not just some environmentalist fever dream. Our special issue explores how the exponential rise of solar power will change the world econ.st/3KYy0tn

In 2024Q1, clean mfg, energy & industry made up 7.4% of private fixed investment in structures and equipment. That's above investment in oil and gas, but more significantly it continues the trend of rising *total* investment in clean energy as a % of structures/equipment PFI.

1988 "Skagway in 1898" oil on canvas by Thomas Kinkade (1958–2012). Via Bonhams #alaskahistory #alaska #skagway

Sarah Wallace was just starting dinner when the ground began to vibrate. The rumble built. She ran out into the street, where she learned what felt like an earthquake was actually the house behind hers colliding into their duplex.