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Topic about Data centers: So far what I know is if the area  is unregulated, then there is incentive to a Power Plant to sell its generation to data centers, which it will lead to a reduction in Power Plant bidding and increase in electric cost. About the blackout, we will have to wait and see as the grid reliability is a major concern and NERC is very strict when it comes to that, so power plants wont get away without being accountable for. 

Topic about tariff: Tariff are not driven by economic decisions but political. We have to always look at who is lobbying to raise tariff in renewable products, sometimes are not the usual suspects. The Solar industry worldwide is over saturated of PV modules, that is one of the reasons of why the price of solar panels has dropped. Building more manufacturing facilities for solar panels, does not make sense if as right now, we are not using wisely the resources, in this case excess of solar panels in the market. 

I agree totally Jay, technology moves forward and there is so much to come for the solar industry. 

The big picture here is that the USA is the biggest oil refiner in the world. The FFI will at EVERY TURN block, disrupt ANYTHING that is RE or can be linked to RE, such as EV, etc.. This policy in volume has been put on display countless times to the degree that it is practically law at this point. Look at Georgia. They have a situation where a proposal for a new NG facility was  suppose to be open for public comment. 2 weeks before the comment period was to begin, the Georiga PUC made a back end deal with the gas entities to lock in the most expensive new NG facility ever built, shackling rate payers out for decades. And if the data center bubble explodes and it never gets built, the rate payers still get screwed. Too bad so sad.... FFI wins, same old, same old....

Topic about Data centers: So far what I know is if the area  is unregulated, then there is incentive to a Power Plant to sell its generation to data centers, which it will lead to a reduction in Power Plant bidding and increase in electric cost. About the blackout, we will have to wait and see as the grid reliability is a major concern and NERC is very strict when it comes to that, so power plants wont get away without being accountable for. 

Topic about tariff: Tariff are not driven by economic decisions but political. We have to always look at who is lobbying to raise tariff in renewable products, sometimes are not the usual suspects. The Solar industry worldwide is over saturated of PV modules, that is one of the reasons of why the price of solar panels has dropped. Building more manufacturing facilities for solar panels, does not make sense if as right now, we are not using wisely the resources, in this case excess of solar panels in the market. 

I agree totally Jay, technology moves forward and there is so much to come for the solar industry. 

The big picture here is that the USA is the biggest oil refiner in the world. The FFI will at EVERY TURN block, disrupt ANYTHING that is RE or can be linked to RE, such as EV, etc.. This policy in volume has been put on display countless times to the degree that it is practically law at this point. Look at Georgia. They have a situation where a proposal for a new NG facility was  suppose to be open for public comment. 2 weeks before the comment period was to begin, the Georiga PUC made a back end deal with the gas entities to lock in the most expensive new NG facility ever built, shackling rate payers out for decades. And if the data center bubble explodes and it never gets built, the rate payers still get screwed. Too bad so sad.... FFI wins, same old, same old....

Topic about Data centers: So far what I know is if the area  is unregulated, then there is incentive to a Power Plant to sell its generation to data centers, which it will lead to a reduction in Power Plant bidding and increase in electric cost. About the blackout, we will have to wait and see as the grid reliability is a major concern and NERC is very strict when it comes to that, so power plants wont get away without being accountable for. 

Topic about tariff: Tariff are not driven by economic decisions but political. We have to always look at who is lobbying to raise tariff in renewable products, sometimes are not the usual suspects. The Solar industry worldwide is over saturated of PV modules, that is one of the reasons of why the price of solar panels has dropped. Building more manufacturing facilities for solar panels, does not make sense if as right now, we are not using wisely the resources, in this case excess of solar panels in the market. 

I agree totally Jay, technology moves forward and there is so much to come for the solar industry.