Can you believe this?

Here in AZ, as with most states I would guess, both the state and the power company, Arizona Public Service, have for years been telling us to conserve energy.  It must have sunk in because more and more people are saving more and more electricity.  Good right?  Not so fast people…..

Since we’ve been saving so much electricity the power company, APS, started losing some of it’s profits. So it want to the state agency which regulated the amount APS can charge it’s customers and as for a $5.85 charge each month per customer as a “Clean Energy Charge”. Of course, since the state agency is controlled by republicans, it was approved.  In fact one of the members of the approving board said, in regards to solar, “We didn’t tell these people to put those ugly things on their roofs”.

Now this doesn’t sound like much but when you multiply it times the 2.8 million customers APS has in AZ you can see this is a great deal of money.  Besides being a charge for all those who actually installed solar, etc., all customers have to pay this charge whether using power saving devices or not.

In Washington, Oregon, NC and SC as well as other states if you buy a Hybrid or Electric car do you know you will be charge more each year for your license plates?  Yup… you’re doing exactly what the Fed’s and State’s want you to do and when you do you get to pay and extra $100.00 over the normal price for your plates each year for a Hybrid and $200.00 more if you have a total electric vehicle.

Damn these governments and their tactics.  It’s like going through the drive thru at any fast food restaurant …….they will screw you every time on your order.