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  Encouraged by Study, Iowa Town Pursues Energy Independence Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 20:05 -0500
    Re: Encouraged by Study, Iowa Town Pursues Energy Independence jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-09 04:13 +0000
    Re: Encouraged by Study, Iowa Town Pursues Energy Independence Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-09 15:30 -0700

#525356 — Encouraged by Study, Iowa Town Pursues Energy Independence

Encouraged by Study, Iowa Town Pursues Energy Independence
> http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33160-encouraged-by-study-iowa-town-pursuing-energy-independence


> Following the recommendations of a study last fall, a small Iowa town
> is instituting aggressive strategies to become energy independent by
> 2030.
>
> The city council in Bloomfield decided to pursue the goal of energy
> independence after a pair of consultants and the Iowa Association of
> Municipal Utilities last fall produced a study that concluded that
> with a lot of efficiency upgrades and a relatively modest investment
> in renewable energy, the town could meet all of its electricity needs
> with locally-produced power.
>
> One advantage Bloomfield has is a municipal utility, which tends to
> be more open to reducing power sales, said Tom Wind, one of the
> authors of the study.
>
> Iowa's 136 municipal electric utilities "have a lot of flexibility to
> do different things because they are governed by the city council or
> a local board of trustees," Wind wrote in an e-mail. "For example,
> they can tailor any new power-supply contract with the flexibility
> they need to accommodate local wind and solar generation. A community
> served by an investor-owned utility has no say about where their
> power comes from."
>
> Bloomfield's city government has taken the lead in the
> energy-independence initiative.  The Iowa Economic Development
> Authority, which helped fund the study, is hoping the city can
> "create a model that could be adopted throughout the state,"
> according to Chris Ball, the city's energy-efficiency director.
>


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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Encouraged by Study, Iowa Town Pursues Energy Independence

Was this study by the same guy that sold Springfield it's monorail,
spamming shit head?



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Jim Pennino

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On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 6:05:18 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Encouraged by Study, Iowa Town Pursues Energy Independence
> > http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33160-encouraged-by-study-iowa-town-pursuing-energy-independence
> 
> 
> > Following the recommendations of a study last fall, a small Iowa town
> > is instituting aggressive strategies to become energy independent by
> > 2030.
> >
> > The city council in Bloomfield decided to pursue the goal of energy
> > independence after a pair of consultants and the Iowa Association of
> > Municipal Utilities last fall produced a study that concluded that
> > with a lot of efficiency upgrades and a relatively modest investment
> > in renewable energy, the town could meet all of its electricity needs
> > with locally-produced power.
> >
> > One advantage Bloomfield has is a municipal utility, which tends to
> > be more open to reducing power sales, said Tom Wind, one of the
> > authors of the study.
> >
> > Iowa's 136 municipal electric utilities "have a lot of flexibility to
> > do different things because they are governed by the city council or
> > a local board of trustees," Wind wrote in an e-mail. "For example,
> > they can tailor any new power-supply contract with the flexibility
> > they need to accommodate local wind and solar generation. A community
> > served by an investor-owned utility has no say about where their
> > power comes from."
> >
> > Bloomfield's city government has taken the lead in the
> > energy-independence initiative.  The Iowa Economic Development
> > Authority, which helped fund the study, is hoping the city can
> > "create a model that could be adopted throughout the state,"
> > according to Chris Ball, the city's energy-efficiency director.
> >


With all the corn in Iowa, an alcohol based power source would seem obvious.

Double-A

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