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Old 02-17-2015, 08:44 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by bizaro86 View Post
Increasing the variable costs of power would give people more of an incentive to conserve, which is probably a good thing. Plus, it would lower demand for new (expensive!) transmission projects, which we all pay for.
You would need a very strong price signal to accomplish this, which would be very hard on low/fixed income families.
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