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Originally Posted by jamesqf
As pointed out above, it's not a tax, it's a service cost for maintaining the connection to the grid. If you think wind farms (and all other producers) don't already pay for their grid connections, that only demonstrates your ignorance.
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Whether it's called a tax, or a service fee, or a maintenance charge it's just another way to suck more money out of the subscriber under a different guise. Government regulated utilities can get away with this because they are essentially monopolies with no competition. Any rate hikes or additional fees they request from the regulatory commission are always approved, never denied.