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Del wrote:

> What they did was promptly
> add another $200 deposit charge to my bill... treating me as though I were a
> new member.

Yow!  Here, it's only $20 to join and if you're disabled, elderly or 
low-income, the fee is *waived*!


> Several years ago I was looking at solar and wind power here.  They told me
> alternative energy just doesn't work in Illinois.

These guys came out and evaluated the house for solar -- we have a big oak 
tree in the back which gives too much shade.  If PA would ever pass that 
law that allows homeowners to sell electricity back to the electric 
companies, it would be cost-effective (right now, all you can do is zero 
out your bill for the month and any extra power, the companies get to keep 
for free -- PA residents actually live in areas where they COULD sell back 
solar energy back to the electric companies in summer, but guess who 
doesn't want to pay for it and doesn't want to make it cost-effective), but 
it isn't now.

PA is going great guns on wind power -- I don't have the space for it, but 
for those with land with ridges, it's working.



Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden

A mission of
St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA  19460