stompythebeast

Crazy story, but I find it funny in this country this type of thing is rare. Where I am from in the Dominican Republic its common for your daddy to have another kid somewhere else in the country that neither your dad Or anyone else knew about. Then that person will show up when you are 20 years old and you'll freak out because he looks like you except darker or whiter. I'm not speaking from personal experience, but I would not be surprised if I get an email or fb message one day from some girl/dude saying that they are my half sister and need money for school or medicine lol.

You guys don't understand that most IOUs (Investor Own Utilities) are regulated and many have revenue decoupling, that is that they can only make a maximum amount of revenue per year. If they exceed it the money is distributed back to the customers, if they fail to meet it they are allowed to recoup on the next rate case (usually every 3 years). So no, you aren't being fucked over by your local utility, atleast not in the sense of them trying to provide you clean power locally at the same cost.

There is also a mandate to all IOUs that they must provide reliable power at a reasonable cost. They can't fart without getting approval by the local states regulatory commissions. Your rooftop solar panels could actually cause havoc to your local power grid due to the voltage fluctuations, which contrary to what your solar panel vendor will tell you IS NOT LINEAR, it fluctuates minute by minute as clouds go by. This usually isn't a problem in the southwest, and it's an absolute slamdunk solution.

The biggest challenge right now for utilities is the integration of distributed energy resources, which means millions of dollars in costs/investment in the grid to maintain it's reliability. Renewable energy is the future and it will happen, but people need to be mindful that they are being sold by private companies selling a product, solar panels, and the service that goes along with it.

Yes and subsequently they found out during the Vietnam War that a certain percent of the squad was firing high and wide, purposely missing the targets. Interesting stuff.

Its why there is a stereo type for washed-out porn stars and strippers out there, because of silly thoughts like OP's.