Using Trusted Data, much of the issues surrounding renewable energy, in many geographic jurisdictions, is legal, not commercial. Existing laws prohibit private electricity generation and supply, with additional regulations hindering usage. Public Policies in small territories, based on depleting fossil fuels and a single owner/operator of the nation’s Generation Plant and Distribution Grid, is outdated. It is critical, with today’s threats and needed security, at a very minimum to double the supply required to fill the current measures demanded. Noting that, it is (Future of Electricity) now physically possible for low capacity generators, located on the same compound, to supply; hospitals, schools, playgrounds, with the sale of excess capacity available to the larger grid.
Lawmakers, focused
on the greater public good, must amend legislation to allow for free trade in
terms of supply and usage of Electricity. Existing Acts, speaking to controls
of Public Utilities; Water, Electricity and Waste, are presently being
circumvented. For example, allowing for the import and/or bottling, of well or
spring, drinking water, without the required license or written permission from
the legally acknowledged authority. While, gas or diesel fueled generators are
licensed for import and for use after inspection as the law requires. Hence,
wind or solar fueled generation equipment must be made to legally operate,
under amended laws, before any access is considered to the National Grid via Power Purchase
Agreements (PPAs).
Nations’ Executives,
in charge of the public purse, must decide on the preferred Business Models, to
secure public electricity supply, via ownership or regulations. Many elected
politicians often prefer retaining ownership, at the very least, of the
National Grid, leaving, Independent power providers (IPPs), electricity generation
ownership and operations to the private sector, publicly listed but under heavy
regulations. Regulating the Generating Capacity; number of operators, the type
of operation, as well as the price charged. Noting that, electricity like water
is considered and should be a basic human right and available to the whole
population, hence, policies made by the current Executive must be supported by
all in political opposition.
The National Grid
must be built, upgraded, maintained and protected, with criminal intent and
terrorism in mind, securing through full redundancies. A national grid, which
can fall black, if one or three points are disabled, is a clear and present
danger. Electricity offers safety and security to person and property,
especially at night. Criminals, opportunists and terrorists would enjoy a large
spread black or brown out and without planned capacity switches, it is just a
matter of time. In a power outage, with thousand of alarm sounding, terrorist
shooting and keeping law enforcement and maintenance crews, at bay. Redound
electricity generating capacity and grid routing strategies are not nice to
have, but crucial.
Application to Generate,
plants and facilities producing high or low capacity, must be contracted to
supply residential communities, commercial properties or industries before access
to the grid. Building added and new generating capacity via Public, Private,
Partnership, with a long-term financing strategy and contracted sales to such particular
clients, before selling excess capacity to the grid, is a model that can be very
beneficial. For example, a seaside community will benefit from a floating
windfarm generating electricity to primarily power a desalination plant,
providing cheap and reliable supplies of both water and electricity. Many such
synergies can be promoted for large scale single purpose facilities, without
depleting any existing generation customers.
Rationale
T.A.J
& Associates Company Limited
uses this occasion to comment on topics that have been covered, both academically
and by the mainstream media, to add its opinion and point out investment
opportunity, not to invoke any social action.
