Comments for LUS: All power back today at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.theind.com Tue, 21 May 2013 05:56:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/3074#comment-136 Just curious, but was LUS operating on internal generation only for a time period (the local Gas fired plants) or did we ever lose our transmission line linkups from the plant up in Boyce? My understanding is that the local plants serve about 50% of our power needs, is that still true? Is there a state website where we can find all regulated and non-regulated plants in the state? Do the merchant plants step up in a bind to help out if the regulated ones go offline? And would the Ind please consider asking local officials if they have any plan to get some of this federal money for "hardening" of our electrical grid? It seems long past time that our corporate, municipal and co-operative utilities begin burying retail power lines in our cities where tree proximities cause conflicts. As to the distribution and transmission lines, those would probably be prohibitively expensive to bury, but more worth the focus of the linemen's efforts to fix up when a disaster happens than all these local lines. And lastly, our state now has a 50% refundable credit against any state income tax liabilities, it is even refundable in excess of taxes owed, for any homesite or business which installs a solar electric or solar water heating system on their property (not only on the roof) up to a system price of $25,000.00, (that's a 12,500 credit!) Would not further pursuing that effort also be prudent for state policy of distributing our electrical generation, reducing the "hub and wire" grid system we rely exclusively upon for our electricity? At present, it's a cottage industry, but seems to have potential. - Jason Faulk Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:45:08 +0100