Georgia tea party groups on opposite sides of solar power

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http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/jul/02/your-daily-jolt-solar-power-divides-two-georgia-te/

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Georgia tea party groups on opposite sides of solar power[/font]

Posted: July 1, 2013 - 2:58pm
By Walter C. Jones

[font size=3]ATLANTA | Monday, two of Georgia’s most prominent tea party groups have come down on opposite sides in the debate over requiring Georgia Power to use a set amount of solar energy.

The Public Service Commission votes July 11 on the company’s 20-year plan, and one commissioner had said he’ll propose a doubling of the roughly 250 megawatts of solar power the utility has planned. That vote is the rallying point for the activists in both groups, the Tea Party Patriots and Americans for Prosperity.

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Then Monday, Americans for Prosperity emailed its 50,000 Georgia members urging them to oppose requiring more solar. It argues that unless its members take action their bills could increase 40 percent.

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Disagreement between the two groups isn’t unusual. Dooley says Galloway is using outdated figures and that solar panel prices have dropped by more than half in the last three years. She also accuses Galloway of being swayed by the fossil fuel interests that contribute to Americans for Prosperity nationally.

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[Champion Jack]

1. I have met some teabaggers that are ardent Fracktivists

I don't agree wit the bulk of their politics but, on the anti Fracking front i'll work with them.