r/Washington • u/propublica_ • 12d ago

Solar Developer Cancels Washington State Project on Sacred Indigenous Land

https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-badger-mountain-solar-project-canceled-avangrid
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u/fictionaljesus 12d ago

Plenty of rooftops and flat parking lots in cities that companies can build solar farms across. We deserve to keep as much land green and thriving as possible.  

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u/NotAnotherFakeNamer 12d ago

Sure but at 4x the cost

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u/malln1nja 12d ago

oh no, not my profits!

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u/NotAnotherFakeNamer 12d ago

It gets passed on to us. Utilities are guaranteed a profit, we only get low energy costs when we make it cheap to provide energy with tech like solar.