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Hypothetically, if I build a big coal power plant across the border to power a giant light array shining on solar cells on the CA side, does that count?
by tedunangst 8y ago
Hypothetically, if I build a big coal power plant across the border to power a giant light array shining on solar cells on the CA side, does that count?
- chrisseaton 8y agoThese kind of 'I'm technically correct' arguments don't work with the law as they do in programming - Judges just say 'that's obviously not what is intended'.
- EduardoBautista 8y agoAre you sure? If that was the case, legal loopholes wouldn't be as effective as they are now. Laws are taken literally. You follow the letter of the law, not the spirit. At least that's the case in the USA.
- chrisseaton 8y agoYes there's a lot of 'reasonable person's interpretation' of things, such as 'solar power'. A Judge would just say no reasonable person would interpret that as a solar power.
- tedsanders 8y agoSometimes, sometimes not. One example of judges not taking a law literally is the Aereo case. Aereo was a company that aimed to provide over-the-air TV as an on-demand internet service. They tried to get around paying retransmission fees by hosting small personal antennas that would transmit to small personal receivers for each customer. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that since they were basically performing the same services as a cable company, the retransmission fees applied, regardless of the pointless technical setup with individual antennas and receivers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_Inc._v._Aereo,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_In....
- tedunangst 8y ago"Technically correct" is actually an issue with alternative energy. A lot of tax credits out there for stuff that meets some legal standard but doesn't accomplish anything. Somewhat older link: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,493241,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,493241,...
- ghouse 8y agoIANAL, but fairly certain that the solar must be powered by the sun. That said, the solution you propose would be much more expensive than using the free light coming from the sun.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoNope >The bill would require the PUC and the Energy Commission, in consultation with the state board, to take steps to ensure that a transition to a zero-carbon electric system for the State of California does not cause or contribute to greenhouse gas emissions increases elsewhere in the western grid. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB100 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml...
- dublin 8y agoNo but due to the horrendous grid instability this policy must induce, CAISO will have to bring in a lot of power from other regions at pretty premium prices if they don't want all CA customers to find out the hard way that the only thing worse than rolling blackouts is non-rolling blackouts....
- tedunangst 8y agoI wonder how they will enforce that, but that was the answer I was looking for. Thanks.