Quote Originally Posted by 2in2out View Post
Isn’t 70%?? Of the power from Hoover dam exported?
yup. but we can control some of what is used here and cali/az use the rest. 2 states that are ripe for solar.

read a story a year ago or so that solar can be put on a house in australia for rough and tough 5k. it's 20+ here after you pay all the licensing/inspection and servicing fees and installation on top of it. it's a racket. sure the power grid in cali/az are fighting it as much as nvenergy.
I get it that if everyone has solar nvenergy doesn't have income to maintain the grid but if we want to conserve water for recreation something has to give.

I know they will not let the 2 lakes dry up to the point they can't provide irrigation/power but as mentioned recreation is only a byproduct that is not part of the grand scheme.
the country has changed in the last 20 years and time for some change to water issues but... lawyers and politicians will turn it into a long long long battle that in the end recreation users will get shafted and the others get rich.

and not sure on the focused solar power but if you ever come to vegas, drive out south to laughlin or north past the speedway and there are miles of solar farms running. the difference is the power company is vested in those and makes all the profits. solar on our house nets the power company nada.