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I'm currently on a Zoom livestream with my natural gas utility (Northwest Natural) on the topic of renewables in the pipeline. Apparently 3% of energy currently delivered is "renewable". They are talking about long term plans to achieve "net zero".

I asked how cost compares, and they mostly dodged it by saying it was marginally more expensive, and attributed the extra cost to relative newness of the technology. I asked that since the cost is higher, is the project opt-in, or imposed on all customers regardless of their desire to participate. Their answer was that Oregon law had them pass the cost on to all customers.

No surprise, Oregon (and everywhere) could stand to have the political elites replaced with competent and rational leaders.